A primer on inflation.

Inflation in the United States is discussed. Despite certain limitations, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is still the best measure of inflation. In the year that ended in August 1993 the CPI rose by 2.8 percent. A better measure of the prevailing inflation rate is about 4 percent. Current foreca...

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Published in:American Enterprise Vol. 4; p. 6
Main Author: Stein, Herbert
Format: Article
Published: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research November/December 1993
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