The Chained Consumer Price Index: What Is It and Would It Be Appropriate for Cost-of-Living Adjustments?

Whittaker, Julie M.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Price indexes;    Consumer price indexes;    Consumers;   

RP-ID  :  RL32293
RP-ID  :  RL32293_2013Jun12

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Report that provides technical and logistical information on how the Chained Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) is constructed and reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It explains methodological and statistical differences between the standard Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the C-CPI-U. It then addresses a key impediment to moving to the C-CPI-U.