Chained CPI
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Measuring Inflation Right Saves $375 Billion
According to the latest CBO Budget Options report , adopting the chained CPI – an inflation index that most economists believe is a more accurate...
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How Low Could Debt Go?
We talked last week about several policies making their first appearance in the President's budget. What we didn't mention is that in addition to...
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Chained CPI Not in President's FY2015 Budget
Today, the White House announced that the President will not propose adopting the “chained CPI” in the President’s Budget this year, as he did last...
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Entitlement Reform Should Be in the President's Budget
Last Friday, 16 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama, but it wasn't for Valentine's Day. Rather, the letter warned the President against...
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SSA Announces New COLA
Yesterday, the Social Security Administration announced that beneficiaries will be receiving a 1.5 percent Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) this year...
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Orlando Sentinel: Make Social Security Part of Budget Solution
While many in Washington are bracing for more partisan brinksmanship in the upcoming negotiations over the debt ceiling and a potential government...
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Ways and Means Committee Continues Work on Entitlement Reform
While everyone is focused on tax reform developments these days, we cannot forget about the need for entitlement reform. In an attempt to devise a...
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Martin Neil Baily and Glenn Hubbard Make A Case for Chained CPI
Two former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Martin Neil Baily of the Clinton Administration and Glenn Hubbard of the Bush Administration...
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Marc Goldwein and Ed Lorenzen: Measuring Inflation Right is Both Fair and Accurate
In the past, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has made adjustments to the Consumer Price Index without much controversy. But due to the method of...
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An Update on Our Chained CPI Resources
With the chained CPI becoming a frequent topic among commentators, CRFB has put together a great deal of new analysis, which may be helpful in...
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Fact Checking the Harkin Resolution
This week, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a concurring resolution that would establish a sense of Congress that chained CPI should not be used...
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How Simpson and Bowles Protect the Disadvantaged
Among the principles outlined by former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles in their new plan A Bipartisan Path Forward...