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En The Big Picture hay un interesante análisis de la desconexión entre los datos oficiales de inflación y la percepción ciudadana. Este problema no es exclusivamente español.
Este comentario es de un economista aleman en el Financial Times:
Viene a decir que los índices de inflación no reflejan correctamente el gasto personal: los bienes, muchos de ellos fabricados a bajo coste en Asia, tienen demasiado peso en la cesta del IPC en comparación con los servicios (educación, servicios médicos, guarderias, viajes, restaurantes), y éstos han subido mucho.
El problema no es del euro, ocurre en todo el mundo:
EEUU, el Reino Unido, Corea...
El post concluye que
Hay que modificar la definición de inflación, ampliandola incluyendo el incremento del coste de la vivienda o de los alquileres y de las hipotecas como una parte importante en la definición sobre la estabilidad de los precios.
¿Cuantas veces se ha escrito esto aquí?
Este comentario es de un economista aleman en el Financial Times:
"The first time I ever began to doubt my country's cost of living index was in 2002 when euro banknotes and coins were introduced. In Germany, where I was living at the time, the prices charged by many hotels, restaurants and dry cleaners effectively doubled. If you spent a lot of time travelling, as I did at the time, the personal inflation shock was severe. I estimated my personal inflation rate in 2002 to be approximately 10 per cent. The central bankers were in denial because the official inflation index did not register any significant movements. It must have been in people's heads.
But this was nonsense. The problem was that the official inflation index no longer reflected many people's personal shopping basket. The index basket is full of manufactured goods largely produced in Asia, while we spend most of our money on services, such as childcare, education, healthcare, transportation, travel and gastronomy."
Viene a decir que los índices de inflación no reflejan correctamente el gasto personal: los bienes, muchos de ellos fabricados a bajo coste en Asia, tienen demasiado peso en la cesta del IPC en comparación con los servicios (educación, servicios médicos, guarderias, viajes, restaurantes), y éstos han subido mucho.
El problema no es del euro, ocurre en todo el mundo:
"But the problem of a persistent gap between a central bank's target price index and a separate measure used by the public has recently become more acute in the UK and the US. The Bank of England targets the so-called consumer price index, while most people in the UK sensibly rely on the old retail price index, which gives a far truer picture of the cost of living including housing. Both indices have registered increases recently. But whereas the CPI has most recently grown at an annual rate of 3.1 per cent, the RPI has gone up by close to 5 per cent. The gap between the two is large and persistent. When that happens, a central bank has a problem. On a recent visit to South Korea, I was told that the same was happening there: prices were rising everywhere, yet the price index gives the illusion of price stability."
EEUU, el Reino Unido, Corea...
El post concluye que
the notion of price stability requires a broader definition. Various indices, house price inflation and the cost of rents and mortgages should all form part of a judgment about price stability
Hay que modificar la definición de inflación, ampliandola incluyendo el incremento del coste de la vivienda o de los alquileres y de las hipotecas como una parte importante en la definición sobre la estabilidad de los precios.
¿Cuantas veces se ha escrito esto aquí?