SPPI: BtoAll Indices
Expanding the scope of publication
Anna-Riikka Pitkänen
15.5.2014
Agenda
Current situation
 Methodological work to compile BtoAll indices
 Implementation work
 Weighting
 Example: BtoAll index for sea and coastal transport
 Future plans
 Discussion
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Current situation (1/3)
The scope of the public Finnish producer price indices
for services is BtoB, thus services provided to
consumers are excluded
 In addition, the following BtoAll index point figures are
submitted quarterly to Eurostat:
 H501_H502 Sea and coastal water transport
 H51 Air transport
 H53 Postal and courier activities
 J61 Telecommunications
 M69.1 Legal services
 M71.11 Architectural services
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Current situation (2/3)
Eurostat  requirements for BtoAll indices?
 The scope of ISP?
 Mentioned as one of the methodological issue in the
forthcoming SPPI manual:
 Designing SPPI by destination of output (BtoB,
BtoC, BtoAll and BtoE)
 Project in Statistics Finland: ”Calculating BtoAll service
price indices and developing index for private health
services” in 2008-2010
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Current situation (3/3)
SPPI estimated using CPI:
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passenger rail transport
(interurban)
taxi transport
food and beverage service
activities
real estate agencies
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creative, arts and entertainment
activities
sports activities and amusement
and recreation activities
repair of computers and personal
and household goods
Assumption: enterprise and household consumers pay the same prices for
services or the price development of services is similar even if there were
differences in, say, the price level and even service products
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Methodological work to compile BtoAll indices (1/2)
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Indices describing the entire services sector would be
calculated by merging data from the CPI and the SPPI
 Neither data collection, nor the burdening of the
respondents needed to be increased
 International examples
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Methodological work to compile BtoAll indices (2/2)
To study differences between the price concepts and
contents of the SPPI and CPI
 To find appropriate weights for the CPI and SPPI time
series
 To test different relevant BtoAll calculating methods
 To decide on the method to be used
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Implementation work
To design the BtoAll calculating project in detail (e.g.
the project tasks, timetable of calculations and the
work processes for the different time series)
 To plan the changes having to be made to the current
production system with respect to BtoAll calculation in
certain industries
 To design possible publication formats
 To calculate quarterly time series
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Weighting
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The index series of the CPI and the SPPI would be
primarily weighted together by utilising the data
available from the supply and use tables of National
Accounts
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Exception: Alternative weight structures were investigated
in the case of telecommunication activities and
telecommunication statistics was chosen as the main
source for the weights in the telecom sector
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Example: Weight structure of the BtoAll index of
sea and coastal transport
B to All
Passenger transport
28,6 %
Freight transport
71,4 %
CPI
SPPI
Cruise
transport
76,9 %
Scheduled
transport
23,1 %
Goods
transport
100 %
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Example: Development of the index of sea and
coastal transport (confidential)
130
125
120
115
110
BtoC
105
BtoB
100
BtoAll
95
90
85
80
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06
09
2010
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03
06
09
2011
12
03
06
09
2012
12
03
06
09
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2013
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Future plans
We will start to publish the BtoAll series in connection with the
SPPI in the near future
 In addition to the BtoAll series send to Eurostat, we consider also
publishing the following industries:
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E.g. renting and operating of own or leased real estate, bus traffic,
hotel activity
Added value for the users: the users could simultaneously track
the development of prices for the services intended for both
enterprises and households, as well as the development of
service prices totalled up by customer group
 Informing of customers is important
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Discussion
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Do you publish BtoAll indices or do you have plans to
publish them?
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Do you publish BtoB, BtoC, BtoAll, (BtoE) separately?
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Resources available for developing SPPI?
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Thank you for your attention!
Questions?
Anna-Riikka Pitkänen
anna-riikka.pitkanen@stat.fi
tel. +358 9 1734 3466
Susanna Tåg
susanna.tag@stat.fi
tel. +358 9 1734 2991
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