Problems in the Construction of Index Numbers

The construction of an index number is not an easy task. Various problems hamper the construction of index number such as; what should be the base year, which commodities should be included, how should the weights allocated to each commodity etc. These are some of the...

Kinds of Interest Rates

Just like a person working for some one expects remuneration or a landlord expects rent from tenant, the provider of funds also expects return. Two types of funds providers exist. One who takes the risk and provides funds for sharing profit or loss. The average...

Average Cost Method

Average a simple but important tool for decision making which is used by almost every individual, businessman, and even institutions on daily basis. It would be hard to find a person on this planet who ever have not been used averages to know daily, monthly, or yearly...

Financial Markets

In general terms financial market is a mechanism of delivering savings from the households, governments, and corporations to the users of these funds. Financial markets and financial assets exist in an economy because the savings of various individuals and...

Fisher Ideal Price Index

The geometric mean of Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s price indices is called Fisher’s price Index. Fisher price index uses both current year and base year quantities as weight. This index corrects the positive bias inherent in the laspeyres index and the negative bias...