Re: Henwood's CPI

1998-02-12 Thread Doug Henwood
Max B. Sawicky wrote: >DH had a note a couple of weeks ago to the effect >that despite the apparent defeat to the Boskin >commission's recommendation to reduce the CPI >by a full percentage point, the BLS had apparently >found reasons to adjust it to that extent in any event. > >This troubled me

Henwood's CPI

1998-02-12 Thread Max B. Sawicky
DH had a note a couple of weeks ago to the effect that despite the apparent defeat to the Boskin commission's recommendation to reduce the CPI by a full percentage point, the BLS had apparently found reasons to adjust it to that extent in any event. This troubled me and I checked w/our CPI Guru,