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Price indexes during lockdown conditions
Project funded by own resources
Project title Price indexes during lockdown conditions
Principal Investigator(s) Lein, Sarah
Co-Investigator(s) Alvarez-Blaser, Santiago Ernesto
Organisation / Research unit Departement Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Makroökonomie (Lein)
Project start 01.04.2020
Probable end 31.12.2020
Status Completed
Abstract

Using online data for prices and real-time debit card transaction data on changes in expenditures for Switzerland allows us to track inflation on a daily basis. While the daily price index fluctuates around the official price index in normal times, it drops immediately after the lockdown related to the COVID19 pandemic. Official statistics reflect this drop only with a lag, specifically because data collection takes time and is impeded by lockdown conditions. Such daily real-time information can be useful to gauge the relative importance of demand and supply shocks and thus inform policymakers who need to determine appropriate policy measures.

Financed by University funds

Published results ()

  ID Autor(en) Titel ISSN / ISBN Erschienen in Art der Publikation
4605707  Alvarez, Santiago E.; Lein, Sarah M.  Tracking Inflation on a Daily Basis      Publication: Discussion paper / Internet publication 
4606798  Alvarez, Santiago E.; Lein, Sarah M.  Tracking inflation on a daily basis  0303-9692 ; 2235-6282  Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics  Publication: JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift) 
   

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