Alternative CPI's.
The commissioner of labor statistics testified before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Aging concerning the use of alternative consumer price indexes in making cost-of-living adjustments in federal entitlement programs. In 1988, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) constructed an experimental in...
| Published in: | Monthly Labor Review Vol. 111; pp. 2 - 3 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
US Department of Labor
November 1988
|
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=504527444&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 504527444 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00981818 MLR jtl: Monthly Labor Review issn: 00981818 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: November 1988 vid: 111 pid: 1929 pub: US Department of Labor artinfo: ui: 504527444 ppf: 2 ppct: 1 formats: tig: atl: Alternative CPI's. aug: au: Norwood, Janet L. su: Consumer price indexes sug: subj: Consumer price indexes ab: The commissioner of labor statistics testified before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Aging concerning the use of alternative consumer price indexes in making cost-of-living adjustments in federal entitlement programs. In 1988, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) constructed an experimental index to represent the inflation rate experienced by older Americans. BLS research found that the experimental index rose slightly more than the two Consumer Price indexes. The experimental index does have several limitations, notably the larger sampling errors arising from its small sample size and the basing of some sample items on data representing all urban households. Excerpts are presented from the commissioner's testimony. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|