9 Price Indices
Brief Introduction
Ⅰ. The data in this chapter reflect price changes in production, circulation，consumption and investment, including mainly consumer price indices, retail price indices, price indices of means of agricultural production, ex-factory price indices of industrial products (or producer price indices for manufactured goods), purchasing price indices of raw materials, fuels and power, producers’ price indices for farm products and price indices for investment in fixed assets. Ⅱ. The data are prepared and provided by the Division of Consumers Price Survey and the Division of Production Price Survey under Guangdong Survey Office of the National Bureau of Statistics. Ⅲ. The data for the calculation of consumer price indices and retail price indices in the province are collected through stratified sampling. Cities and counties distributed in different economic regions of the province are selected as sample areas, and representative commodities and services are selected as sample commodities and services. Regular surveys are conducted to collect data on market prices. The data on the population are estimated on the basis of the sample. Ⅳ. The data for the calculation of ex-factory price indices of industrial products and purchasing price indices of raw materials, fuels and power are all collected through key-point survey combined with typical survey. Ⅴ. The data for the calculation of price indices of investment in fixed assets are collected through key-point survey combined with typical survey. VI. The data for the calculation of producers’ price indices of farm products are collected through sampling survey combined with key-point survey.