U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Consumer Price Index

Measurement issues

• BLS to Use Geometric Mean Formula for Calculating Most Basic Indexes Starting in January 1999
• Experimental CPI Using Geometric Means
• Changes to the Treatment of Mandated Pollution Control Measures in the CPI
• Using a hedonic model to adjust television prices in the Consumer Price Index for changes in quality
• Improvements to CPI Procedures for Handling Refunds for Utilities
• "Measurement Issues in the Consumer Price Index" BLS study of June 1997 prepared at the request of Rep. Jim Saxton, Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, responding to the Final Report of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index
• "Updated Response to the Recommendations of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index" - prepared in response to a request from the Honorable Christopher Shays, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
• The Final Report to the Senate Finance Committee from the Advisory Commission to Study the CPI
• Testimony of Katharine G. Abraham Commissioner of Labor Statistics Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight April 29, 1998

Last Modified Date: April 20, 2005