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Consumer Price Index
Bureau of Labor Statistics > Consumer Price Index > Methods > White Papers

White Papers

  • Household Cost Indexes: Prototype Methods and Results, 2023 (HTML)
  • PPI and CPI seasonal adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 (HTML)
  • Price-Setting During the Covid Era, 2022 (HTML)
  • Disentangling Rent Index Differences: Data, Methods, and Scope, 2022 (HTML)
  • Democratic Aggregation: Issues and Implications for Consumer Price Indexes, 2022 (HTML)
  • Experimental CPI for lower and higher income households, 2021 (HTML)
  • Do the Poor Pay More Store-By-Store?, 2010 (HTML)
  • The Puzzling Divergence of Rents and User Costs, 1980-2004, 2009 (HTML)
  • Household Spending Patterns: A Comparison of Four Census Regions, 2007 (HTML)
  • Explaining the Rent-OER Inflation Divergence, 1999-2006, 2007 (HTML)
  • More Research Papers

Last Modified Date: October 28, 2024