Consumer Price Index and the "True" Cost of Living.

Discusses the final report of the special advisory commission set up by the Senate Finance Committee that found that the official consumer price index (CPI) overstates the rate of increase in what might be termed the "true" cost of living by 1.1 percentage points per year. Examines biases...

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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], 1996.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Consumer price indexes. Cost and standard of living. Inflation (Finance) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses the final report of the special advisory commission set up by the Senate Finance Committee that found that the official consumer price index (CPI) overstates the rate of increase in what might be termed the "true" cost of living by 1.1 percentage points per year. Examines biases of CPI and recommendations of the special advisory commission.
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.