Separate Consumer Price Index for the Elderly?

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Corporate author / creator:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Imprint:	[S.l] : [s.n.], 2004.
Description:	6 p. : digital, PDF file.
Language:	English
Subject:	Consumer price indexes. Inflation (Finance) Social security.
Format:	E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10644295

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Other uniform titles:	ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection.
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Summary:	Discusses Federal indexing of social security benefits to increase the CPI for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W), and reviews concerns that CPI-W indexes may not accurately reflect the inflation experience of the elderly population. Examines expenditure patterns and average inflation rates of the elderly population, BLS experimental CPI for the elderly, and policy considerations.
Other form:	Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Separate Consumer Price Index for the Elderly?

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