Uses and Misuses of Inflation and Price Indices

Jeff Ralph is a visiting academic at the University of Southampton, UK. He previously worked for the Office for National Statistics, UK, for 14 years, where he worked on price statistics and the measurement of inflation; this included research and teaching. He has contributed to a number of research papers and books on index numbers and inflation measurement.Paul A. Smith is Professor of Official Statistics and Head of the Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton, UK. He teaches and undertakes research and consultancy in topics related to official statistics. He previously worked for the Office for National Statistics, UK, where he gained extensive experience in the theory and practice of sample surveys applied to businesses, households and the population census. Robert O'Neill is Principal Economist at the Information Commissioner's Office, UK. Previously, he was a lecturer in economics at the University of Manchester, UK, where he researched and taught quantitative economics. Before that, he taught at Huddersfield University, UK, and worked at the Office for National Statistics, UK.