Elogios y críticas de la próxima estructura de ponderaciones del índice de precios al consumidor en México

Abstract

Our purposes are as follows: 1) to point out that the consumer price index is a scientific object −that is compile to measure the purchasing power of consumers, not for example the imbalance in goods markets; 2) to point out that good measurement has fundamentals, specifically in our case microeconomic fundamentals; 3) to propose some methodological reflections on the change of base of the consumer price index; and 4) using two Expenditures Surveys illustrate that spending represents another dimension of inequality in our country.