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The experimental consumer price index for elderly Americans (CPI-E): 1982–2007
Kenneth J. Stewart
Economist,Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: stewart.ken@bls.gov
Over the 25 years from December 1982 to December 2007, the experimental consumer price index for Americans 62 years of age and older (CPI-E) rose somewhat faster than the CPI-U and the CPI-W, mainly because prices for medical care and shelter, which are weighted more heavily in the CPI-E, increased more rapidly than overall inflation during the period.
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Experimental price index for elderly consumers.—May 1994.
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