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Assessing and improving the accuracy of the CPI

Stephen B Reed & Gerald Perrins

US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Monthly Labor Review2024https://doi.org/10.21916/mlr.2024.11article
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This article gives an overview of the process of estimating the Consumer Price Index (CPI), examining the major procedures and process used to create the index. It examines issues that affect the accuracy of the CPI, including data quality, sampling error, bias, and response rates. It then considers new data collection methods and recent improvements to CPI component indexes.

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@article{stephen2024,
  title        = {{Assessing and improving the accuracy of the CPI}},
  author       = {Stephen B Reed & Gerald Perrins},
  journal      = {US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Monthly Labor Review},
  year         = {2024},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21916/mlr.2024.11},
}

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