a Changes in the consumer price index.

(i) Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI)7

The consumer price index rose only 2.1 per cent in 1997.

(a) A phased approach in the elimination of the 1.5 per cent reduction in the first consumer price index adjustments

(Based on consumer price indices and actual versus budgeted cost of living adjustments)

During the period from 2006 till 2010 the consumer price index and the 25 wage index will be applied to all pensions which will not exceed the amount equal to five times the state social insurance benefit, while as of 2011 50 of the actual increase in the insurance contribution wages will be used in the consumer price wages index.

The Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics, having completed work on best practice manuals for consumer and producer price indices, made progress in drafting a parallel manual on export and import price indices.

With respect to inflation, consideration is given, as necessary, to a series of factors, including analysis of the movement of the consumer price index at the different duty stations for goods and services and probable increases in the salaries of General Service staff as a result of the movement of consumer price indices and the outcome of comprehensive salary surveys.

2 Refers to the national consumer price index for families with incomes not exceeding one minimum wage.

Annual growth rates of minimum wage and consumer price indices are as follows

The adjustments were made in accordance with the movement of the United States consumer price index (CPI) and, if applicable, of the CPI of the country of residence, subject to the requirement that the relevant index had moved by at least 3 per cent since the last adjustment.

7 The Composite CPI is compiled on the basis of the expenditure patterns of about 90 of Hong Kong households with an average monthly expenditure of HK 4,500 to HK 65,999 in the base period of October 1999 to September 2000.

The amounts of pensions shall be increased annually in line with the increase in the national consumer price index for the previous year.

On July 10, the National Bureau of Statistics released the June 2016 Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI).

With respect to inflation, consideration is given, as necessary, to a series of factors, including analysis of the movement of the consumer price index at the different duty stations for goods and services and probable increases in the salaries of General Service staff as a result of the movement of consumer price indices and the outcome of comprehensive salary surveys.

The in area portion of the post adjustment index of a duty station is updated independently on the basis of the local consumer price index in the country of the duty station.

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But that will not be true this year, because consumer prices are falling, whereas the GDP deflator (and nominal GDP) is still increasing. This should lead to solid government revenues, which is good news for highly indebted governments throughout the industrialized world, but particularly for the eurozone periphery.

The consumer price index in July 2016 compared to June 2016 was 101.0 , i.e. the monthly inflation was 1.0 .

Moreover, as of August 1998, the CPI was at 120.2 a 20 per cent increase since January 1991.

The price indices, which are established for over 170 countries, measure the cost of living of United Nations international staff stationed at specific duty stations relative to New York and take into account the consumption pattern of United Nations personnel rather than that of the local population.

The Producer Price Index Manual published by IMF in 2004 acknowledged that it (and the Consumer Price Indices Manual published by ILO in 2004) drew on the contents and conclusions of papers presented at meetings of the Voorburg Group.

Based on tables A.9 and A.18 of the World Bank study. The terms of trade changes dealt with in the World Bank study concern the changes in prices received by export crop producers compared with movements of the consumer price index.

It noted that in the current exercise, the flat rates had been updated by the movements of the consumer price index between the date of the last adjustment and the date of the current review.

(a) In most places three price indices consumer, wage or a combination of the two were variously used for interim adjustment

One approach centers on prices, with the consumer price index appearing to be the most obvious indicator. The problem is that the relationship between the money supply (which ultimately determines the value of money) and prices is an unstable one.

The amount recommended by the Advisory Committee takes into account that the practice in the United Nations has been to adjust remuneration to a level somewhat less than 100 per cent with respect to the movement of the CPI.

The Committee was informed that the consumer price index (CPI) had increased from 100 in January 1991 to 119 in December 1997 a 19 per cent increase.

Until 2002 pensions were indexed by the consumer price index on regular basis, however as of 2002 changes in the insurance contribution wages will also be taken into consideration in the indexation of pensions.

134. On the subject of the relationship between post adjustment increases at the base and other duty stations, it was noted that the post adjustment index for New York was updated over time by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index, and the remuneration in New York was adjusted periodically through the application of the post adjustment system using the revised index.

The core consumer price index, to be released next week, is expected to show a year on year increase of just 1.7 or even less, if the lower oil price feeds through from headline to core CPI. And real wage growth stands at less than 2 , which is below the level deemed necessary by the Fed to underpin a sustainable acceleration in consumer spending.

(d) Obtain the required 3.5 per cent annualized real rate of return for the investments of the Fund over the long term after adjustment based on the United States consumer price index.

(e) To secure reasonable consumer prices of agricultural goods.

Zero inflation for the past three months has been a one time event driven by the fall in energy prices. The other broad components of the consumer price index have increased in recent months, and the consumer price index is up about two percentage points over the past 12 months.

If one accounts for consumer goods expenditure on imports, that 10 appreciation would lower inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), by just 0.5 percentage points in the first two quarters. And that is likely to be an upper bound, because it assumes that US retailers will pass through to consumers the full amount of any increase in import prices.

These are based on promulgated post adjustment multipliers and the latest available information on consumer price indices.

The Government of Brčko District, in order to protect the families with the lowest incomes, has determined and provided assessments tailored to the consumer price index.

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Services producer price indices

In other duty stations, estimates for salary increases have been calculated on the basis of projected consumer price increases.

6. As indicated in paragraph 20 of the performance report, the reduced requirements of 11.7 million reflect revised inflation rates and are based on promulgated post adjustment multipliers and the latest available information on consumer price indices.

104. The comparison of minimum wage growth rates with changes in the Consumer Price Index shows a broad symmetry in their movement suggesting a preservation of purchasing power of wage earners to a satisfactory level.

This represents a yearly real rate of return of 4.1 per cent for the same period, after adjustment based on the United States consumer price index, and compares favourably with the 3.5 per cent long term real rate of return assumed in the actuarial calculation.

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Why won t that continue and feed on itself as it has in Japan as consumers delay spending in anticipation of even lower prices in the future? And doesn t Japan s persistent deflation since the early 1990 s also show that, once it begins, deflation cannot be reversed by a policy of easy money or fiscal deficits?