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Getting Prices Right: The Debate over the Consumer Price Index

Book by Dean Baker; M. E. Sharpe, 1998

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Consumer Price Indexes--United States, Prices--United States

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Consumer price index CPI cont . Product categories...of inflation, evidence for Consumer price index CPI-U-X 1 Average...treatment of... 36 -37 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers CPI-U ... 14 , 36 , 54 Projection...
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The Price Index and Its Extension: A Chapter in Economic Measurement

Book by S. N. Afriat; Routledge, 2004

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Index Numbers (Economics), Price Indexes

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...commonplace price-index idea, the consumer price index...the ordinary price index. I submitted...prominence to the price-level, There are many prices and so many levels...awareness about a price index, it is just...The ordinary consumer price index or...theory about price indices, to which a...
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Consumer Safety Regulation: Putting a Price on Life and Limb

Book by Peter Asch; Oxford University Press, 1988

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Consumer Protection--Great Britain, Consumer Protection--Law And Legislation--Great Britain, Consumer Protection--Law And Legislation--United States, Consumer Protection--United States

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...R = f P, Y, T, A, S, K, u where R = fatality rate P = accident cost measured by a weighted average of the Consumer Price Index for physicians and hospital expenses, and an "insurance loading charge" Y = income T = time trend A = per capita...
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The Price Statistics of the Federal Government: Review, Appraisal, and Recommendations; a Report to the Office of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget, Together with Twelve Staff Papers

Book by Bureau Of The Budget; National Bureau of Economic Research, 1961

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Price Indexes, Prices--United States

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...the Wholesale Price Index. --The utilization...Index as a general price index has changed with...for the use of the Consumer Price Index and the deflators...that the Wholesale Price Index was not a true sample of prices in the system, and...particular group of consumers or businesses in the...and Consumer Price indexes replaced the Wholesale...
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U.S. Consumer Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles

Book by Loree Bykerk, Ardith Maney; Greenwood Press, 1995

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Consumer Education--United States--Societies, Etc--Directories, Consumer Protection--United States--Societies, Etc--Directories

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...174 -76, 235 consumer price index, 80 Consumer Product Safety Commission...xi , 81 , 86 , 208 , 210 consumer protection policy, ix...65, 165 -66, 206 -8 Consumer Reports , 89 - 91 Consumers for World Trade CWT , 88...

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Journal Articles on: consumer price index

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Geographic Variation in Consumer Prices: Implications for Local Price Indices

Journal article by Michael L. Walden; Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 32, 1998

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Consumer price indexes--Research, North Carolina--Business and industry, Pricing--Research, Regional economics--Research

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...Individual product and service price indices from the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) are the primary source...March report of the Consumer Price Index for the quarter corresponding...However, for two ACCRA prices, other national data were...
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The Consumer Price Index: Underlying Concepts and Caveats

Journal article by Dennis Fixler; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 116, 1993

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Consumer price indexes--Analysis, Inflation (Finance)--Measurement

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...corresponds to consumers indifferent...then the price difference...retail outlet prices collected...percent of prices was "linked" into the index. Of the...Adjusting Apparel Indexes in the Consumer Price Index for...Innovations, Price Indices and the...Pharmaceutical Price Indexes," (Harvard...of terms Consumer Price Index: A Laspeyres...by urban consumers (CPI-U...
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Addressing Misconceptions about the Consumer Price Index

Journal article by John S. Greenlees, Robert B. Mcclelland; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 131, 2008

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Consumer price indexes--Evaluation

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...Consumer Price Index. by John S...regarding the Consumer Price Index...indicator The Consumer Price Index...of consumer prices: consumer...to reflect consumers substitutions...construction of price indexes. Background...one of many indexes that can be...on average consumer expenditures, and no single index can meet every...or processes price data. Many consumers feel that their...increasing prices. The CPI...
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An Experimental Consumer Price Index for the Poor

Journal article by Polly A. Phipps; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 119, 1996

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Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (Index)--Demographic aspects, Cost and standard of living--Demographic aspects, Poor--Economic aspects, Price indexes--Research

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...experimental Consumer Price Index for the poor...Fisher price indexes are derived for poor consumers; the minimal...in The Price Statistics...Mary Kokoski, Consumer Price Indices by Demographic...Experimental price index for elderly consumers," Monthly...of-Living Indexes," in W...
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Consumer Price Index Research Series Using Current Methods, 1978-98

Journal article by Kenneth J. Stewart, Stephen B. Reed; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 122, 1999

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Consumer price indexes--Statistics, Cost and standard of living--Analysis, Labor relations--Analysis

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...Consumer Price Index research series...calculating the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers had been in...present The Consumer Price Index...historical price index series...its component indexes. These adjusted...individual prices were not used...measure of price change for...of-living index because it...the fact that consumers can, and do...the relative prices of different...most basic indexes in order to address consumer substitution...

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Magazine Articles on: consumer price index

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Dangers of an Underreported CPI: Changes over the Past 40 Years to the Consumer Price Index Have Not Only Provided a Poorer Reflection of True Consumer Costs but Have Actually Harmed Our Economy

Magazine article by John Fisher; The New American, Vol. 24, June 23, 2008

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Consumer price indexes--Influence, Inflation (Economics)--Social aspects, Inflation (Economics)--Statistics, Inflation (Economics)--United States, Inflation (Finance)--Social aspects, Inflation (Finance)--Statistics, Inflation (Finance)--United States, United States economic conditions

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...Consumer Price Index Have Not Only...based on a "consumer basket" of...for another if consumers would buy the...adjustment reduced price inflation on...higher sticker prices are not included...measured by the consumer index." Banker and...reported real price inflation at...cutting while prices rise." "The U.S. consumer price index continues...
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Adjusting the Consumer Price Index

Magazine article by Jeff A. Schnepper; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 124, January 1996

Subjects:

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (Index)--Measurement, Consumer price indexes--Measurement, Inflation (Finance)--Measurement

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...Adjusting the Consumer Price Index. by Jeff A. Schnepper The Consumer price index (CPI) is...impact of changes in prices over a period of...typical American consumers. Individual prices are weighted in...with the Consumer Price Index, still is...
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The Battle over Correcting the Consumer Price Index

Magazine article by David Reiffen; The American Enterprise, Vol. 8, March 1997

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Consumer price indexes--Reports, Economists--Attitudes

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...the consumer price index by David Reiffen A...the accuracy of the Consumer Price Index, or CPI...calculates the change in a consumers cost of buying a fixed...whatever bundle makes the consumer equally well-off...one thing goes up, consumers often switch to something...Hence, the real price of computing has fallen...Americans "believe" prices went up 5 percent last...
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Rose-Colored Lenses and the Consumer Price Index

Magazine article by John Buell; The Humanist, Vol. 57, March 1997

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Consumer price indexes--Accounting and auditing, Cost and standard of living--Accounting and auditing, Cost of living--Accounting and auditing, Inflation (Finance)--Accounting and auditing

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...Colored Lenses and the Consumer Price Index. by John Buell Economics...increases in overall consumer prices. The commission implied...measures the consumer price index by assembling a...averaging their monthly prices at standard retail outlets...
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How to Rewrite Economic History: The Boskin Commission's Attack on the Consumer Price Index Is Weak on the Merits and Scary as Policy

Magazine article by Thomas I. Palley; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, April 1997

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Consumer price indexes

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the Consumer Price Index Is Weak on the Merits...Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index, chaired...amount that the average consumer was buying on the date...emerges because over time consumers alter the goods they...no longer represents consumer spending patterns...quality improvements as price increases, since improving...of goods. But the prices of new products tend...

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Newspaper Articles on: consumer price index

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Shock Rise in Consumer Prices Index Unlikely to Alter Policy

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 25, 2009

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Consumer price indexes--Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Shock Rise in Consumer Prices Index Unlikely to Alter Policy...yesterday. The Consumer Prices Index rose unexpectedly...Statistics, with the Retail Prices Index slowing to zero...interest rates and house prices. But RPI is still at...latest rise in Consumer Price Inflation was unlikely...
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Inflation Could Hit 5% by End of the Year; Consumer Price Index Jumps from 3.3% to 3.8%

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 16, 2008

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Consumer price indexes--Forecasts and trends, Consumer price indexes--Statistics, Inflation (Economics)--Forecasts and trends, Inflation (Economics)--Statistics, Inflation (Finance)--Forecasts and trends, Inflation (Finance)--Statistics, United States economic conditions--Forecasts and trends, United States economic conditions--Statistics

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...by End of the Year; Consumer Price Index Jumps from 3.3% to...inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for June showing...economists are now warning UK consumers to be braced for six months of price hike misery. Experts...accelerating increase in prices. He said: "I have...
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Higher Food and Petrol Prices Fuel Inflation; CONSUMER INDEX STAYS AT 30-MONTH HIGH OF 4.5%

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 15, 2011

Subjects:

Consumer price indexes, Inflation (Economics), Inflation (Finance), Meat industry--Prices and rates, Meat industry--Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Inflation; CONSUMER INDEX STAYS AT 30-MONTH...revealed. While the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) stayed...foodstuffs saw sharp price rises, with meat up...pace, while petrol prices at the pump were also...new round of energy price hikes are forecast to...costs or pass them on to consumers who have little surplus...
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Rising Food Costs Is Pushing Up China's Consumer Price Index; EMERGING MARKETS

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 15, 2007

Subjects:

Consumer price indexes, Emerging markets

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Rising Food Costs Is Pushing Up Chinas Consumer Price Index; EMERGING MARKETS. Chinas consumer price index may rise 4 per cent in 2007 because...State Council, Chinas cabinet, noted that prices of agricultural products would scale new...
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Sterling Weakness Pushes Inflation Up; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards Consumer Prices Index Rises to 3.2%

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 25, 2009

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Consumer price indexes--Statistics, Inflation (Economics)--Statistics, Inflation (Finance)--Statistics

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...Rensburg Sheppards Consumer Prices Index Rises to 3.2...the weak pound. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI...being passed on to consumers on goods containing...from the weak pound, prices of vegetables were...in Spain. Transport prices added to the inflation rise, with the average price of petrol rising by...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: consumer price index

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Consumer Price Index

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX see cost of living . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Index Number

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

INDEX NUMBER in econometrics, a figure...would be 200 relative to 1960. Index numbers are used especially to...one of the most influential indexes in the United States is the Consumer Price Index (see under cost of living...
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Price

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...converted into an index, with a particular...ascertain whether prices are rising or falling. Common indexes used by U.S...economists include the consumer price index and the wholesale price index. Historically, prices have tended to...
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Inflation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...increase in the general price level of goods and...generally declining prices. The U.S. Bureau...Statistics produces the Consumer Price Index (CPI) yearly, which measures average price changes in relation to prices in an arbitrarily...
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Cost of Living

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...generally included. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measurement...changes in retail prices of an average "market...Changes are compared to prices in a previously selected...components of the index must be reappraised...compile some 80,000 price quotes monthly...

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