Price Levels in the European Monetary Union

Legend for Stata database: EUROSTAT_HICP_PPP_TS.dta

Examples for composed variable codes in Stata notation:

ln_clothing_hicp_fra = ln(clothing_hicp_fra/100) : logarithm of harmominized consumer price index for clothing in France
ln_clothing_rer_sa_deu_aut = ln(clothing_hicp_sa_aut / clothing_hicp_sa_deu): logarithm of real exchange rate clothing based on seasonally adjusted HICPs of Austria over Germany
ln_clothing_rerppp_sa_deu_aut = ln(clothing_hicppp_sa_aut / clothing_hicppp_sa_deu) = logarithm of real exchange rate clothing based on seasonally and PPP adjusted HICPs of Austria over Germany

Country Codes:

aut: Austria
bel: Belgium
esp: Spain
fra: France
fin: Finland
grc: Greece
deu: Germany
irl: Ireland
ita: Italy
lux: Luxemburg
nld: Netherlands
prt: Portugal

Variable Codes:

hicp: harmonized consumer price index
hicppp: purchasing power parity adjusted harmonized consumer price index
rer: real exchange rate
nat_curr: nominal exchange rate

Transformation Codes:

ln: natural logarithm
sa: seasonally adjusted
ppp: purchasing power parity adjusted
o: over

Commodity Codes according to [ECOICOP=European classification of individual consumption by purpose]

allitems: All-items HICP [CP00]
goods: Goods (overall index excluding services) [GD]
tot_serv: Services (overall index excluding goods) [SERV]
clothing: Clothing [CP031]
communic: Communication [CP08]
mot_cars: Motor cars [CP0711]
n_alc_b: Non-alcoholic beverages [CP012]
nonener_ind_dur: Non-energy industrial goods durables only [IGD_NNRG_D]
restau_hotel: Restaurants and hotels [CP11]