This section contains newsletters, bulletins on Consumer Price Index (CPI),
Producer Price Index (PPI), Civil Engineering Material Price Index (CEMPI),
Poverty Datum Line (PDL).
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) The CPI measures the pure price change in a fixed
market basket of goods and services of constant quality. The CPI gives a proxy
for the average price change of a fixed market basket of goods and services in Zimbabwe.
The Producer Price Index (PPI) PPIs measure the rate of change in the prices
of goods and services bought and sold by producers. An output PPI measures the
rate of change in the prices of products sold as they leave the producer. An input
PPI measures the rate of change in the prices of the inputs of goods and
services purchased by the producer. A value-added PPI is a weighted average
of the two. ZIMSTAT is currently producing an output PPI.
Civil Engineering Material Price Index (CEMPI) measures the changes, from
month to month, in the prices of building materials.