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John S. Greenlees
and
Robert B. McClelland
Addressing misconceptions
about the Consumer Price Index
A number of longstanding myths regarding
the Consumer Price Index and its methods of construction
continue to circulate; this article attempts to address
some of the misconceptions, with an eye toward increasing
public understanding of this key economic indicator
The Consumer Price Index (CPI),
published by the Bureau of La-
bor Statistics (BLS), has gener-
ated controversy throughout its history. A
soon-to-be-published article by Marshall
Reinsdorf and Jack Triplett discusses the
many past reviews of the methods and data
used in the CPI’s construction.
1
Beginning
with an advisory committee appointed by
the American Statistical Association in
1933,
2
and continuing through the recent
National Research Council panel chaired
by Charles Schultze,
3
panels and commis-
sions have identifed and discussed what is
now a well-known set of issues afecting the
BLS methodology has not been concentrated
in a single profession, academic discipline, or
political group, but comes instead from an
array of investment advisers, bloggers, maga-
zine writers, and others in the popular press.
Also, whereas in the past the CPI frequently
was held to be overstating infation, recent
criticism has focused on supposed down-
ward biases.
Appearing as they do in national me-
dia and in the age of the Internet, these
criticisms probably have been more widely
quoted and circulated than most academic
journal articles and panel reports on CPI
issues. Although the BLS welcomes com-
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