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WHAT PANDEMIC INFLATION TELLS: OLD HABITS DIE HARD

COVID-19 has led to changes in individuals’ consumption habits, which will cause the calculation of inflation based on the average consumption basket to give distorted information. Using the debit and credit card spending data of Turkey, this research builds CPI weights and computes an alternative pandemic consumption basket price index for Jan 2020–Feb 2021.

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