Chained Consumer Price Index : How Is It Different.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Consumer price indexes. Cost and standard of living. Cities and towns. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.