01749cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002229 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451875515 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Zieschang, Kimberly. Compiling and Using Export and Import Price Indices / Kimberly Zieschang, Jemma Dridi. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (59 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Export and import price indices are essential for assessing the impact of international trade on the domestic economy. Among their most important uses are analyzing developments in the trade balance, measuring foreign prices' contribution to domestic inflation, and deflating nominal values of exports and imports for estimating the volume of gross domestic product. This paper discusses the main uses of trade indices and the data sources used to compile them. It also presents various approaches used to compile foreign trade price indices, addresses various problems encountered in developing these indices, and provides some recommendations on how to address them. Mode of access: Internet Dridi, Jemma. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/230 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/230/001.2002.issue-230-en.xml IMF e-Library