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Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

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IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation Programmebasis. The basic source <strong>of</strong> data is annual structural survey. In designing the weights,SBS- sales value data are recalculated on December 2008 by producer price indicesDecember 2008 / 2007. Weights are changed every year.11.1.9 Quality AdjustmentsWhen speaking about quality adjustments one usually refers to the whole concept <strong>of</strong>item replacement. There are a lot <strong>of</strong> <strong>methods</strong> <strong>for</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling the replacement; here wewill look at a few <strong>of</strong> them. The choice is in most case dependent <strong>of</strong> what data isavailable. Mainly there are two categories:Explicit valuationImplicit valuationExplicitWhen doing explicit quality adjustments one needs to quantify the quality differencein terms <strong>of</strong> price. For PPI, as it is an output price index, the preferred way to doquality adjustments is by adjusting <strong>for</strong> differences in production cost.The quality adjustments in the index should be done by adjusting the base price(December previous year).ImplicitWhen using implicit <strong>methods</strong> <strong>for</strong> item substitution one does not have to estimate thedifference in quality in terms <strong>of</strong> price. Instead you rely on “the law <strong>of</strong> one price”,stating that all differences in price at a given point in time are due to differences inquality. This might not seem like a truth in many cases <strong>and</strong> it is probably not (it liesin the assumptions <strong>of</strong> a fully competitive market). However, having nothing else torely on, the “law <strong>of</strong> one price” might be acceptable to use when substituting items <strong>for</strong>the same establishment within the same product group.11.1.10 PublicationThe PPI is published on 5 th <strong>of</strong> each quarter <strong>for</strong> the previous quarter.The following publications include PPI <strong>and</strong> are regularly published. Quarterly publication “Producer Price Index Quarterly bulletin “Statistics” In “Statistical Yearbook”.On the website <strong>of</strong> <strong>INSTAT</strong>, www.instat.gov.al., at the 8 th <strong>of</strong> each quarter11.2 Consumers’ Price Index (CPI)11.2.1 General backgroundThe Consumers’ Price Index (CPI) measures the change <strong>of</strong> the prices <strong>of</strong> a fixedbasket <strong>of</strong> goods <strong>and</strong> services from base period to the current period. The base periodis now December 2007 <strong>and</strong> will be changed in the next base revision.137/236

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