A censorship-resistant inflation feed: Development and technical implementation of anunbiased, decentralised and transparent measurement of economic inflation.

Abstract

Se ha estudiado la metodología actual, usada por el Gobierno, que se lleva a cabo para medir la inflación en España y se ha comparado con la métrica que usan otros países y las recomendaciones del FMI. Se identificaron aspectos de mejora y se propusieron ideas e iniciativas como parte del análisis metodológico del proyecto. Para la otra sección del trabajo, mediante técnicas de web scraping, se monitorizaron precios online y se elaboró una métrica independiente para el grupo de alimentos en función de las clases socioeconómicas con la que se obtuvieron unos resultados distintos a los que publica el INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística). Asimismo, se desarrolló una página web interactiva que permite a los usuarios crear su propia cesta de consumo basada en sus hábitos, mostrando los resultados de manera personalizada.

The current methodology used by the Government to measure inflation in Spain has been studied and compared with the metrics used in other countries and the recommendations of the IMF. Areas for improvement were identified, and ideas and initiatives were proposed as part of the project's methodological analysis. For the other section of the project, online prices were monitored using web scraping techniques, and an independent feed for the food group was developed based on socioeconomic classes, yielding different results from those published by the INE (National Statistics Institute). Additionally, an interactive website was developed, allowing users to create their own consumption basket based on their habits, displaying personalized results.