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Chained Consumer Price Index [electronic resource] : A Brief Explanation

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
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6 pages : digital, PDF file
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Discusses BLS' chained CPI, which is intended to produce a measure of change in consumer prices that is free of substitution bias. Reviews methodological and statistical differences between CPI and chain-weighted CPI.
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