> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 07:35:13 -0700 (PDT) > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: jf noonan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PEN-L:12372] 1997-09-12 Abraham Nom inated Bureau/Labor Statistics >Comm > > Does anyone know if this is good, bad, or indifferent? Has she > commented on the push to change the CPI? She's been a tower of strength in her resistance to bullying by Newt et al. Her basic position has been the BLS is responsible for doing the CPI on the basis of the best available scientific evidence and acccording to well-established processes of internal review, and no ad hoc committee of professors however eminent is in a position to do better on the merits or by any legal right. It is worth noting that the centrist Brookings crew -- Bosworth, Gramlich, etc. -- has been supportive of this position and critical of the analytics behind the Boskin Commission report. MBS =================================================== Max B. Sawicky Economic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-8810 (voice) Ste. 1200 202-775-0819 (fax) Washington, DC 20036 http://tap.epn.org/sawicky Opinions above do not necessarily reflect the views of anyone associated with the Economic Policy Institute other than this writer. ===================================================
