Changes to the CPI Index
Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
Students examine the reasoning behind and the implications of the change in the CPI calculation. The government computes indexes of the prices of a collection or market basket of goods and services. It measures the prices of a fixed market basket of some 300 consumer goods and services purchased by a typical urban consumer. Critics have charged that the CPI tends to overstate inflation.
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