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CSO publication, 28, 11am

Appendix 1 Calculation Process for Tables 1 and 2 of the Wholesale Price Index release (Producer Price Index)

Compare price of item for this month with its price from previous month - Individual Price Relative
Group items for each respondent into product groups - Article Group
Calculate unweighted average of individual price relatives within article group using chained Jevons index. Divide this figure by the same figure for the previous month. - Month-on-Month Article Group Index
Calculate weighted average of month-on-month article group indices for all respondents within a product group within a NACE category using chained Young index. Divide this figure by the same figure for the previous month. - Month-on-Month Article Group Index 
Calculate weighted average of month-on-month product group indices for all product groups within a NACE group using chained Young index. Divide this figure by the same figure for the previous month.  - Month-on-Month NACE Group Index 
Apply month-on-month NACE Group Index to updated value for the NACE group from previous month. Divide this new updated value by the NACE group base period weight.  - Base Period NACE Group Index 
Rescale the Base Period NACE Group Indices by dividing by the mean of the Base Period NACE Group Indices for Base Year 2021.  - Base Year NACE Group Index 
For all higher levels, sum the updated values of the relevant NACE groups. Divide these aggregated updated values by the value for the previous month to get the Month-on-Month Index
Divide the aggregated updated values by the base period weight to get the Base Period Index 
Rescale the Base Period Index by dividing by the mean 2021 index to get the Base Year Index