Consumer Price Index for the Elderly : Would It Make Any Difference?
Presents an estimate of how a proposed Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the elderly would have behaved for the period 1978-86 compared with the CPI for workers used for indexing social security benefits to inflation. Discusses problems associated with price index comparisons.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1987.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Presents an estimate of how a proposed Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the elderly would have behaved for the period 1978-86 compared with the CPI for workers used for indexing social security benefits to inflation. Discusses problems associated with price index comparisons. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |