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Doctor_J

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Wed Oct-19-05 06:24 PM
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Need links to economics data

I need a couple of links to articles or books that offer an intelligible history of the CPI. Anyone know of such things? ProfessorGAC?

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Birthmark

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Wed Oct-19-05 06:27 PM
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1. This is entertaining reading

http://www.gillespieresearch.com/cgi-bin/bgn

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jojog

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Wed Oct-19-05 06:37 PM
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2. Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm

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Doctor_J

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Wed Oct-19-05 07:36 PM
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3. Yeah, I have been there, but

don't quite get the history that I want. I am looking for major mods to the way things were computed, additions to the commodity list, etc.

Thanks

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BL611

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Wed Oct-19-05 07:51 PM
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4. Are you looking for

a history of the American methodology or just theories of CPI in general?

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Doctor_J

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Wed Oct-19-05 08:12 PM
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5. HIstory of the US methodolgy

For example, something that might list when the "Gasoline - Unleaded regular" was added to the list of commodities.

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BL611

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Wed Oct-19-05 08:20 PM
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6. Have you looked at the Boskin report yet?

It doesn't get into year by year specifics, but gives a pretty thorough criticism for a relatively brief paper...

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