From: Weighting bias and inflation in the time of COVID-19: evidence from Swiss transaction data
Monthly inflation | Annual inflation | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | COVID basket | CPI | COVID basket | |
January | –0.22 | –0.22 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
February | 0.13 | 0.11 | –0.07 | –0.05 |
March | 0.08 | 0.11 | –0.51 | –0.29 |
April | –0.36 | –0.11 | –1.05 | –0.38 |
May | 0.05 | 0.09 | –1.32 | –0.87 |