| Data: | Wholesale price index (2005 = 100) | ||||||||
| Year: | 1960 - 2013 | ||||||||
| Country: | Philippines | ||||||||
| Source: | World Bank (the information in this section is direct quotation from World Bank development data) | ||||||||
| Series Code: | FP.WPI.TOTL | ||||||||
| Topic: | Financial Sector: Exchange rates & prices | ||||||||
| Short Definition: | 0 | ||||||||
| Long Definition: | Wholesale price index refers to a mix of agricultural and industrial goods at various stages of production and distribution, including import duties. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. | ||||||||
| Unit of Measurement: | 0 | ||||||||
| Periodicity: | Annual | ||||||||
| Base Period: | 2005 | ||||||||
| Reference Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Aggregation method: | 0 | ||||||||
| Limitations and exceptions: | 0 | ||||||||
| Notes from original source: | 0 | ||||||||
| General Comments: | 0 | ||||||||
| Original Source: | International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files. | ||||||||
| Statistical concept and methodology: | Wholesale price indexes are based on the prices at the first commercial transaction of commodities that are important in a country's output or consumption. Prices are farm-gate for agricultural commodities and ex-factory for industrial goods. Preference is given to indexes with the broadest coverage of the economy. | ||||||||
| Development relevance: | 0 | ||||||||

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