cover image: SPOTLIGHT - ARE THE RECENT INFLATION - FIGURES FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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SPOTLIGHT - ARE THE RECENT INFLATION - FIGURES FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA

27 Mar 2024

Imported inflation is caused by of all the final goods and services produced within a year the depreciation of the local currency against the currencies by both nationals and non-nationals living in the country; of trading partners. [...] The survey in 2009/2010 of Kina negatively impacts the cost of living and welfare of assisted the NSO in rebasing the CPI base year to 2012 and the people. [...] The CPI is calculated as a weighted average of the price changes of the expenditure items covered by the index. [...] In PNG, the annual figures are calculated change indicates how much the CPI for the specific good as the simple averages of the quarterly inflation numbers. [...] The current process employs NSO needs to expand the sample dimensions and review the most of the elements determined in the 2009/2010 HIES sampling procedure to improve data collection.
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4
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Papua New Guinea