Chained CPI
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An Update on Our Chained CPI Resources
Read moreWith 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
Read moreThis 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
Read moreAmong the principles outlined by former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles in their new plan A Bipartisan Path Forward...
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CBPP Takes a Look at the President's Chained CPI Proposal
Read morePreviously on The Bottom Line, we have shown how the chained CPI could be a 6 percent benefit cut or a 25 percent benefit increase, depending on how...
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CBO Takes a Look at the CPI-E
Read moreOpponents of the chained CPI often propose an alternative index for cost-of-living adjustments, the experimental CPI for Americans 62 years of age and...
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House Ways and Means Looks at the Chained CPI
Read moreToday, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on using the chained CPI to determine Social Security cost-of-living...
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Live: Ways and Means Holds Hearing on Chained CPI
Read moreTune in now as the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security holds a hearing focusing on the use of the chained CPI to...
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Is Chained CPI a 6 Percent Benefit Cut or a 25 Percent Benefit Increase?
Read moreWith the President proposing switching to the chained CPI to measure inflation, the attack dogs are out. We've written on the merits of moving to the...
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Three Voices in Support of the Chained CPI
Read moreGiven the chained CPI is primary a technical adjustment to more accurately measure inflation, support for the change can be found among experts across...
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The President's Proposed Chained CPI Protections
Read moreMuch of the early debate surrounding President Obama’s FY 2014 budget concerns his inclusion of the chained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI), a more...
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NYT Gets It Wrong on the Chained CPI
Read moreThe New York Times has an editorial criticizing switching to the chained CPI for Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). Recall that the...
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Updated Report: The Case for the Chained CPI
Read moreEarlier this month, we reported on CBO’s updated cost estimate for switching to the chained CPI to provide a more accurate measure of inflation for...