The consumer price index : issues and alternatives /

By:

Cagan, Phillip

Contributor(s):

Moore, Geoffrey Hoyt

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in economic policy | AEI studiesPublication details: Washington, D.C. : American Enterprise Institute, 1981.Description: 69 pISBN:

0844734462

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.5'28'0973 CAG

Summary: This volume assesses the merits and demerits of the Consumer Price Index in view of widespread criticisms that it has overstated the rate of inflation, especially as an index for escalating wages, social security, and federal pension payments. The book describe the purpose, uses, and construction of the CPI and compare it with various alternative measures of price changes.

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This volume assesses the merits and demerits of the Consumer Price Index in view of widespread criticisms that it has overstated the rate of inflation, especially as an index for escalating wages, social security, and federal pension payments. The book describe the purpose, uses, and construction of the CPI and compare it with various alternative measures of price changes.

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