Chained Consumer Price Index. How Is It Different, and Would It Be Appropriate for Cost-of-Living Adjustments?

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer price indexes.

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] 2010

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

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Microfiche version Library of CongressCongressional Research Service Chained Consumer Price Index

Publisher Number:

CRS-2010-GVF-0157

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