Chained Consumer Price Index : A Brief Explanation.

Discusses BLS' chained CPI, which is intended to produce a measure of change in consumer prices that is free of substitution bias. Reviews methodological and statistical differences between CPI and chain-weighted CPI.

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], 2002.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Consumer price indexes. Consumers. Cost and standard of living. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Discusses BLS' chained CPI, which is intended to produce a measure of change in consumer prices that is free of substitution bias. Reviews methodological and statistical differences between CPI and chain-weighted CPI.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.