The Consumer Price Index: Recent Improvements and Prospective Changes

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As part of a long running effort to make the Consumer Price Index (CPI) a better measure of price change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor has made a number of changes in recent years which have affected actual measures of inflation and hence both federal outlays and receipts. This report summarizes those changes, presents estimates of their effect on measured inflation, and expands what other changes are expected for the CPI.

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Cashell, Brian W. January 18, 2000.

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As part of a long running effort to make the Consumer Price Index (CPI) a better measure of price change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor has made a number of changes in recent years which have affected actual measures of inflation and hence both federal outlays and receipts. This report summarizes those changes, presents estimates of their effect on measured inflation, and expands what other changes are expected for the CPI.

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Cashell, Brian W. The Consumer Price Index: Recent Improvements and Prospective Changes, report, January 18, 2000; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc811243/: accessed October 5, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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