Presented by Huw Dixon, NIESR and Cardiff University
The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not currently provide a seasonally adjusted series either for aggregate consumer price inflation (CPI and CPIH) or the underlying disaggregate price indices. However, other institutions do, including the Bureau for Labor Statistics in the United States and the European Central Bank. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), supported by ONS seeks to assess whether the ONS could provide seasonally adjusted data for its price indices, and if so, how best to do this. This session will present the findings from the research project and next steps.