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June 1999, Vol. 122, No. 6

CPI research series using current methods, 1978-98

Kenneth J. Stewart and Stephen B. Reed
Economists, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Bureau of Labor Statistics


BLS research indicates that the measured rate of inflation would have been lower since 1978 if methods currently used in calculating the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers had been in place from that year to the present.

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