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Inaccuracies Of The Consumer Price Index (CPI)
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Inaccuracies of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
The Consumer Price Index is a measure of the prices of a fixed market
basket of some 300 consumer goods and services purchased by a "typical" urban
consumer. The 1982-1984 period serves as the base .... Middle of Term Paper
... their spending patterns. Because consumers substitute lower
priced products in lieu of higher priced ones, the weight has shifted. The CPI
assumes that this does not occur and therefore it overcompensates the standard
of living.
Secondly, because the base period was over a decade ago, the quality of
the products has increased significantly, and therefore the prices should be
higher. The CPI, however, assumes that the increases in prices is a result of
inflation rather than quality improvements which is false. Here also, the CPI
overstates the rate of inflation.
Many consumers do not mind the overcompensation of the CPI because in
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