Automatic Cost of Living Adjustments : Some Economic and Practical Considerations.

Examines how automatic cost of living adjustments (COLA) influence the Federal budget, and identifies how major Federal programs are affected by price indexes. Explains what price indexes attempt to measure and discusses some of their weaknesses. Comments on indexing alternatives and additional cons...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Cost and standard of living. Economic policy. Prices. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines how automatic cost of living adjustments (COLA) influence the Federal budget, and identifies how major Federal programs are affected by price indexes. Explains what price indexes attempt to measure and discusses some of their weaknesses. Comments on indexing alternatives and additional considerations for establishing a price index for COLA.
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.