Martin De Alteriis
Description
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the principal measure of trends in consumer prices and inflation in the U.S. The CPI tracks the prices of a fixed ma
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rket basket of goods and services that consumers purchase. Commodity analysts (CA) make adjustments that effect the price changes that go into computing the CPI. Evidence indicates that substitutions have a significant impact on the CPI. This report describes: how CA decide whether to make adjustments; the adjustment methods they use; and how supervisors of CA review the CA decisions. Descriptions were gathered from CA on how they made decisions for specific substitutions. Charts and tables.
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Politics & Social Issues
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Social Science
Sociology
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Publisher
DIANE Publishing Company
Month-Year
Jul, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780788188121
ISBN-10: 0788188127
Language
English
No. of Pages
160
Format
Paperback
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