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Index of Commodity Prices – A Reserve Bank of Australia-compiled index which provides a measure of price movements in rural and non-rural (including base metals) commodities in Australian Dollars (AUD), Special Drawing Rights (SDR) and United States Dollars (USD).

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1 Aug 1990 RDP 9005
Matthew T. Jones and Jenny Wilkinson
The depreciation in the index to September 1986 was largely driven by nominal exchange rate depreciation, despite an eleven percent increase in relative price levels. ... Period. RER Index. Relative Prices. Exchange Rates. Mar Q 84 to Sep Q 86.
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Appendix

1 Aug 1990 RDP 9005
Matthew T. Jones and Jenny Wilkinson
Table A.1 Weights Comparison. (Index weights for 1989, expressed as a percent). ... The weights in the index are based on MERM estimates of the trade balance effects of a one percent change in the domestic currency price of each of 18 other currencies.
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Conceptual Issues

1 Aug 1990 RDP 9005
Matthew T. Jones and Jenny Wilkinson
Neither type of price index provides a full indication of changes in the competitiveness of the export sector. ... Using the consumer price index may also distort cost comparisons if production structures vary widely between countries.
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References

1 Aug 1990 RDP 9005
Matthew T. Jones and Jenny Wilkinson
696–697. Reserve Bank of Australia (1988), “Trade Weighted Index”, Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, October 1988, pp. ... 35, no. 71, pp. 226–238. United Nations Statistical Papers, Commodity Trade Statistics, 1987, Series D, vol.
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