Chained Consumer Price Index How Is It Different?

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns.

Consumers.

Cost and standard of living.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2004

Summary:

Discusses BLS new chained CPI for all urban consumers, which is intended to produce a measure of change in consumer prices that is free of substitution bias. Reviews methodological and statistical differences between current and chain-weighted CPI, and examines policy considerations

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Chained Consumer Price Index

Publisher Number:

CRS-2004-GVF-0942

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