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Price measures of new vehicles: a comparison
Maria Bustinza
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Thaddious Foster
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: foster.thaddious@bls.gov
Tod Reese
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: reese.tod@bls.gov
David Yochum
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: yochum.david@bls.gov
Daniel Chow
Economist, Office of Field Operations, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: chow.daniel@bls.gov
The Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, and the International Price Program all analyze price changes in new vehicles; however, these indexes’ movements are only weakly correlated because of methodological differences in sampling, pricing, the analysis of incentives, and other aspects of survey design
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