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Consumer Price Index : A Brief Overview.

Explains how to estimate the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and how the CPI is calculated. Also examines CPI data availability and presents data on CPI for urban consumers, 1800-1995.

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.
Inflation (Finance)
Prices.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Explains how to estimate the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and how the CPI is calculated. Also examines CPI data availability and presents data on CPI for urban consumers, 1800-1995.
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.