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I'm no expert, but it seems to me that an article on the CPI which is not explicit about exactly which goods and services are taken into account calculating the CPI, as this article is not, is almost as useless and misleading as the CPI itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.248.67 ( talk) 20:21, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Agreed. What's in the CPI and specifically the core CPI? It just says what isn't included in the Core CPI. Not helpful at all —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.106.225 ( talk) 23:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I was trying to figure out more specifically who is not included in CPI-W. The Statistical Abstract of the US (see citation in article) says those not included are
The BLS, in http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch17.pdf, says
Anyone know which is a more accurate/useful summary? If it's the BLS that's doing the actual measuring, is it better to go with the BLS' formulation?
-- Ryguasu 17:51, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand what the relevance is of having the percentage change data related to the absolute CPI value. It makes it look impressive when the lines cross around 1992.
A more relevant chart would be the absolute change in the CPI compared to the absolute change in the exchange rate of the dollar since it was taken off the gold peg. The sharp upward trend beginning in the late 60s and early 70s coincides with the gold crisis in the United States. This is the period where a run on US gold prompted the IMF to create the SDR and a few years later abandon gold convertibility.
Similarly, the percentage difference in CPI could be measured against the percentage change of median income.
Olopez1ca (
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I think calculating the real GDP has nothing to do with CPI, It's calculated differently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.182.84.217 ( talk) 06:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Is there really a "Core CPI" different from CPI-U? The first 3 matches on Google suggested they are the same. Either a reference for "Core CPI" is needed or that section should be deleted. DavidMCEddy ( talk) 04:45, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Someone wrote that the weights were only updated once per decade, but http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisupqa.htm#Question_4 says, "the CPI-U for the years 2004 and 2005 uses expenditure weights drawn from the 2001-2002 Consumer Expenditure Surveys." ????
Could someone either remove the "once per decade" claim or explain the conflict between that and the BLS web page just cited? Thanks. DavidMCEddy ( talk) 05:10, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
background of fitting trend to CPI of common staple foods in Nigeria from 2014-2023 105.112.183.26 ( talk) 06:25, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
background of fitting trend to CPI of common staple foods in Nigeria from 2014-2023 105.112.183.26 ( talk) 06:26, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
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I'm no expert, but it seems to me that an article on the CPI which is not explicit about exactly which goods and services are taken into account calculating the CPI, as this article is not, is almost as useless and misleading as the CPI itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.248.67 ( talk) 20:21, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Agreed. What's in the CPI and specifically the core CPI? It just says what isn't included in the Core CPI. Not helpful at all —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.106.225 ( talk) 23:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I was trying to figure out more specifically who is not included in CPI-W. The Statistical Abstract of the US (see citation in article) says those not included are
The BLS, in http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch17.pdf, says
Anyone know which is a more accurate/useful summary? If it's the BLS that's doing the actual measuring, is it better to go with the BLS' formulation?
-- Ryguasu 17:51, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand what the relevance is of having the percentage change data related to the absolute CPI value. It makes it look impressive when the lines cross around 1992.
A more relevant chart would be the absolute change in the CPI compared to the absolute change in the exchange rate of the dollar since it was taken off the gold peg. The sharp upward trend beginning in the late 60s and early 70s coincides with the gold crisis in the United States. This is the period where a run on US gold prompted the IMF to create the SDR and a few years later abandon gold convertibility.
Similarly, the percentage difference in CPI could be measured against the percentage change of median income.
Olopez1ca (
talk)
01:10, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
I think calculating the real GDP has nothing to do with CPI, It's calculated differently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.182.84.217 ( talk) 06:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Is there really a "Core CPI" different from CPI-U? The first 3 matches on Google suggested they are the same. Either a reference for "Core CPI" is needed or that section should be deleted. DavidMCEddy ( talk) 04:45, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
Someone wrote that the weights were only updated once per decade, but http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisupqa.htm#Question_4 says, "the CPI-U for the years 2004 and 2005 uses expenditure weights drawn from the 2001-2002 Consumer Expenditure Surveys." ????
Could someone either remove the "once per decade" claim or explain the conflict between that and the BLS web page just cited? Thanks. DavidMCEddy ( talk) 05:10, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
background of fitting trend to CPI of common staple foods in Nigeria from 2014-2023 105.112.183.26 ( talk) 06:25, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
background of fitting trend to CPI of common staple foods in Nigeria from 2014-2023 105.112.183.26 ( talk) 06:26, 11 June 2024 (UTC)