Insights into Inflation Statistics

Data

Inflation

France, Germany, EU, US (OECD)

2 years

ig_d("oecd", "PRICES_CPI", "CPALTT01-GY-M-FRA-DEU-USA-EA20-2Y")

1 year

ig_d("oecd", "PRICES_CPI", "CPALTT01-GY-M-FRA-DEU-USA-EA20-1Y")

France vs. Germany

All

ig_d("oecd", "PRICES_CPI", "CPALTT01-GY-M-FRA-DEU")

1 year

ig_d("oecd", "PRICES_CPI", "CPHPTT01-CPALTT01-GY-M-FRA-DEU-1Y")

United States

Importance of shelter

ig_d("fred", "inflation", "CPIAUCSL-CUUR0000SA0L2-2-years")

Inflation Expectations

Gas prices and Inflation expectations

1990-

ig_d("fred", "energy", "GASREGW-MICH-1990")

1995-

ig_d("fred", "energy", "GASREGW-MICH-1995")

Consumer Expenditure Survey

1-year

ig_d("ecb", "CES", "c1020-mean")

3-year

ig_d("ecb", "CES", "c1220-mean")

Measures of inflation

France VS Insee

ig_d("oecd", "PRICES_CPI", "CPALTT01-FRA-USA-DEU-JPN-1996")

Insee

1996-

ig_d("insee", "IPCH-2015", "IPC-IPCH-00-1996")

GDP Deflator

ig_d("eurostat", "namq_10_gdp", "B1GQ-NSA-PD15EUR-FR-DE-1996")

Consumption Deflator

ig_d("eurostat", "namq_10_gdp", "P3-NSA-PD15EUR-FR-DE-1996")

OECD

OECD: IPC de l’Insee

ig_d("oecd", "PRICES_CPI", "CPALTT01-M-FRA-DEU-1996")

Eurostat

All

ig_d("eurostat", "prc_hicp_midx", "CP00-FR-DE")

1999-

ig_d("eurostat", "prc_hicp_midx", "CP00-FR-DE")

Producer price inflation

Manufacturing, All

All

Price Index

ig_d("eurostat", "sts_inpp_m", "C-FR-DE-IT-2018")

% change compared to same period in previous year

ig_d("eurostat", "sts_inpp_m", "C-PRON-FR-DE-IT-PCHSM-2018")

Non Domestic

ig_d("eurostat", "sts_inppnd_m", "C-FR-DE-IT-2018")

Datasets

source dataset Title .html .rData
bis CPI Consumer Price Index 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
ecb CES Consumer Expectations Survey 2025-08-28 2025-05-24
eurostat nama_10_co3_p3 Final consumption expenditure of households by consumption purpose (COICOP 3 digit) 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
eurostat prc_hicp_cow HICP - country weights 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
eurostat prc_hicp_ctrb Contributions to euro area annual inflation (in percentage points) 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
eurostat prc_hicp_inw HICP - item weights 2025-10-10 2025-10-11
eurostat prc_hicp_manr HICP (2015 = 100) - monthly data (annual rate of change) 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
eurostat prc_hicp_midx HICP (2015 = 100) - monthly data (index) 2025-10-10 2025-10-11
eurostat prc_hicp_mmor HICP (2015 = 100) - monthly data (monthly rate of change) 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
eurostat prc_ppp_ind Purchasing power parities (PPPs), price level indices and real expenditures for ESA 2010 aggregates 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
eurostat sts_inpp_m Producer prices in industry, total - monthly data 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
eurostat sts_inppd_m Producer prices in industry, domestic market - monthly data 2025-10-11 2025-10-11
eurostat sts_inppnd_m Producer prices in industry, non domestic market - monthly data 2024-06-24 2025-10-11
fred cpi Consumer Price Index 2025-10-09 2025-10-09
fred inflation Inflation 2025-10-09 2025-10-09
imf CPI Consumer Price Index - CPI 2025-08-28 2020-03-13
oecd MEI_PRICES_PPI Producer Prices - MEI_PRICES_PPI 2025-09-29 2024-04-15
oecd PPP2017 2017 PPP Benchmark results 2024-04-16 2023-07-25
oecd PRICES_CPI Consumer price indices (CPIs) 2024-04-16 2024-04-15
wdi FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 2023-01-15 2025-09-27
wdi NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) 2025-10-10 2025-09-27

Bibliography

English

“The ECB’s monetary policy stance in an uncertain environment” C. Blot, J. Creel, F. Geerolf, G. Ricco & D. Romelli, Monetary Dialogue Paper, June 2025, requested by the ECON committee, European Parliament. [ pdf] [ html] [ github]

“Measuring “the” Purchasing Power”, F. Geerolf, Working Paper, July 2024. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]

“The Inflation Tax, Purchasing Power, the Savings Rate, and the Public Deficit”, F. Geerolf, Working Paper, July 2024. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]

“Inflation in France : CPI or HICP ?”, F. Geerolf, Working Paper, July 2024. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]

“Analyzing inflation by household categories: some methodological issues”, F. Geerolf, OFCE Blog, december 2023. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]

“Economic Policies to combat inflation in Europe” F. Geerolf, In L’économie européenne 2023-2024, La Découverte, pp.42-56, september 2023. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]

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“The Phillips Curve: a Relation between Real Exchange Rate Growth and Unemployment.” F. Geerolf, January 2020. [ pdf]

French

« L’orientation de la politique monétaire de la BCE à l’épreuve de l’incertitude économique » C. Blot, J. Creel, F. Geerolf, G. Ricco, D. Romelli, OFCE Policy brief 147, juillet 2025. [ pdf] [ github]

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« La taxe inflationniste, le pouvoir d’achat, le taux d’épargne et le déficit public », F. Geerolf, Document de travail, juillet 2024. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]

« Inflation en France : IPC ou IPCH ? », F. Geerolf, Document de travail, juillet 2024. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]

« L’analyse de l’inflation par catégorie de ménages : quelques problèmes méthodologiques », F. Geerolf, Blog de l’OFCE, décembre 2023. [ html] [ pdf] [ github]

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