In this interview, Roberto Rigobon describes the Billion Prices Project, an alternative measure of inflation he developed with a colleague at MIT.
In this interview, Roberto Rigobon describes the Billion Prices Project, an alternative measure of inflation he developed with a colleague at MIT. He discusses the inspiration behind the Billion Prices Index, its composition and correlation to the US Consumer Price Index (CPI), and the practical implications of this work for policymakers and asset managers.
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