Publication Quality Report: Retail price index

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The retail prices recorded are used to calculate retail price indices inclusive and exclusive of VAT.Retail price indices inclusive of VAT are mainly used for the following two purposes: As a compensation measure, they are intended for the adjustment of regular payments based on stable-value clauses in civil law contracts (e.g. in accordance with the Price Clause Act (PrKG) of 7 September 2007 (Federal Law Gazette I, pp 2246, 2247) and Article 557b of the Civil Code (BGB) concerning "index-linked rents". Likewise, they are used in national accounts to deflate nominal values of economic statistics.The new retail price indices exclusive of VAT are used to deflate nominal sales in domestic trade statistics.