Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of Living

Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of Living

Author: Michael J. Boskin

Publisher:

Published: 1996-06

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780788142611

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A report to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee from the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index. Includes: introduction on the cost of living; indexing the federal budget; how the CPI (consumer price index) is constructed; the consumer price index and a cost of living index; quality change and new products; estimates of biases by type and in total; other issues; the Commission's recommendations; conclusion, and references. Charts and tables. List of Commission members.


Getting Prices Right

Getting Prices Right

Author: Dean Baker

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780765602220

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An introduction to the significance of the debate surrounding the accuracy of the Consumer Price Index. The work presents the full text of the Boskin Commission report (stating that the CPI overstates inflation by 1.1per cent) and discusses the Commission's research methodology and its conclusions.