In consumer and producer price statistics , the IMF will continue to conduct regional courses , provide hands-on training , and develop software packages based on UN and ILO methodologies that can be used by member countries . The IMF serves as secretariat for the Technical Expert Group for Producer Price Indices ( TEG-PPI ) that is developing a revised manual on producer prices , maintains an Internet discussion group on this revision , and is an active participant in the IWGPS and the Technical Group for Consumer Price Indices ( TEG-CPI ) .