Base index
In the base index the price of the calculation period is always compared with the base period. In the base index weights are usually changed less often than yearly, for example, at intervals of five years.
Statistics using the definition
- Index of wage and salary earnings
- Cost-of-living index
- Price index of public expenditure
- Consumer price index
- Cost index of civil engineering works
- Index of producer prices of agricultural products
- Producer price indices
- Index of purchase prices of the means of agricultural production
- Labour cost index
Validity of the definition
- Valid until (31 December 2078)
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Jaa