Working Paper

Inflation at the Household Level: Web Appendix

Abstract: This appendix contains additional results on using scanner data to estimate inflation rates at the household level. There are three sections. Section 1 shows cross-sectional distributions of Fisher and Paasche inflation rates. Section 2 shows the evolution over time of measures of dispersion of Fisher and Paasche inflation rates. Section 3 shows cross-sectional distributions of two-year inflation rates measured with Fisher and Paasche indexes.

Keywords: Inflation; Heterogeneity;

JEL Classification: D12; D30; E31;

Bibliographic Information

Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Part of Series: Working Papers

Publication Date: 2016-04-11

Number: 732

Pages: 12 pages