Let’s just make clear what chained CPI is all about. The idea here is that you should not measure the cost of living simply based on the consumer price index, and then raise the costs accordingly with the rise in prices. Instead, economists say, you have to account for the substitution effect in response to [...]
What Chained CPI Means, and Why a Cut in a Time of Inadequate Social Security Benefits Makes No Sense |
| By: David Dayen Monday December 17, 2012 2:45 pm |



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