Essays about: "consumer price index"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words consumer price index.

1. 1. Global and Ethiopian Cereal Prices: Does the Law of One Price hold in the long run?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Heba Abbas; Borgström Annina; [2024-02-12]
   Keywords : Ethiopia; cereal; food prices LOP;

   Abstract : Like many other countries in the world, Ethiopia is currently facing significant challenges with high food prices. The high food prices affect cereals such as teff, sorghum, and maize which are staple foods in the Ethiopian diet. This study investigates the relationship between cereal prices in Ethiopia and the world market price of cereals. READ MORE

3. 2. Temperature Shocks and Price Stability

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Klara Strömberg; [2024]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Price Stability; Local Projections; United Kingdom;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the interplay between temperatures and prices in an advanced economy context. To this end, I estimate the impulse response to a 1°C temperature anomaly on the UK economy. READ MORE

4. 3. The Ulleråker Hospitalum : A Case Study in the Wage Development of the Medical Sector 1890-1920

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Daniel W Christensen; [2023]
   Keywords : Economic History; History of Medicine; Medical Sector; Asylum History; Ulleråker; Ulleråker Hospitalum;

   Abstract : This essay presents a case study about the development of income levels in the medical sector during Sweden´s period of modernization, 1890-1920, focusing specifically on the five wage groups which comprised the medical staff at Uppsala´s Ulleråker hospitalum (=mental asylum). This institution, though different in it´s stated mission from hospitals and the like, was similarily organized, and staffed with employees belonging to the same categories as regular hospital staff - they shared similar social backgrounds, education levels, work tasks and conditions. READ MORE

5. 4. A "new" Consumer Price Index (CPI) for monetary policy decisions in Sweden : How does a "new" technological CPI compare to the traditional CPI in measuring inflation and influencing monetary policy decisions?

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Josef Landén; [2023]
   Keywords : Consumer Price Index; Inflation; Technology; Monetary Policies; and Forecast;

   Abstract : This study proposes a “new" consumer price index (CPI) and investigates the influence of Sweden's monetary policy on the new index level and its variations over time. Unlike the traditional CPI that the SCB uses, the "new" CPI tries to consider technology improvements by using macro data. READ MORE

6. 5. How did the financial crisis of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic affect the Swedish consumer price index?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Ellen Svensson; Hanna Henrysson; [2022]
   Keywords : Financial crisis; Covid-19; pandemic; effects; CPI; inflation; basket; GDP growth; unemployment; money supply;

   Abstract : This study analyzes how the financial crisis of 2008 compared to the Covid-19 pandemic affectedinflation, measured by the consumer price index, in Sweden. This study aims to give moreprofound knowledge of how two crises affect the consumer price index and therefore preventpotential future economic crises. READ MORE