Calculating Inflation
2 handy and thorough videos. The first by pajholden takes a UK perspective:
inflation rates – how they are calculated
Secondly, ACDCLeadership takes a US slant:
This one by Mindbitesdotcom is good on the key differences between the GDP deflator and Consumer Price Index, and the way that different approaches to calculating an index can lead to different values (good for evaluation):
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