01685cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004667 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451850406 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Koen, Vincent. Price Measurement and Mismeasurement in Central Asia / Vincent Koen. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (30 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 The vertiginous increases in the overall price level and dramatic swings in relative prices experienced by Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan since the onset of the transition rendered their traditional Paasche retail price indices obsolete and called for the introduction of Laspeyres consumer price indices. While the latter represent a major improvement, several measurement or interpretation issues remain, reflecting various potential index number biases, dispersion of prices and inflation across geographical areas and social groups, discontinuities in the inflation process, residual shortages, and seasonality. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/082 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1995/082/001.1995.issue-082-en.xml IMF e-Library