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CONSUMER PRICE PARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO REPUBLICS: SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. Dragi Stojiljkovi ć Miroslav Jankovi ć (Statistical Office of Serbia and Montenegro ). INTRODUCTION. Consumer price comparisons: Changes in time Spatial comparisons. INTRODUCTION.
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CONSUMER PRICE PARITIESBETWEEN THE TWO REPUBLICS:SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Dragi Stojiljković Miroslav Janković (Statistical Office of Serbia and Montenegro)
INTRODUCTION Consumer price comparisons: • Changes in time • Spatial comparisons
INTRODUCTION Consumer price comparisons between the two republics: • Serbia • Montenegro
STATISTICAL METHODS • The purchasing power parities • The comparative price levels
Estimation of the comparative price level in Serbia and Montenegro, 2002
Changes in comparative price levels in Montenegro (Serbia = 100)
The share of Montenegro in total GDP (Serbia and Montenegro= 100)
CONCLUSIONS Changes in relations of consumer price levels between the two republics: • are caused by introduction of the new currencies in Montenegro • but, these changes also caused increasing share of Montenegro in total macroeconomic aggregates