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Base period
The period from which the weights for a measurement
series are derived. The national
income and product accounts (NIPAs) currently use the year 2000
as the base period. Related terms: chained-dollar
estimate, Laspeyres
price index, Paasche
price index.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
See also: Implicit price deflator (IPD) , Current transfer receipts , , Current taxes & transfer payments to the rest of the world , Double deflation |
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