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CBO Takes a Look at the CPI-E
Opponents 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
Today, 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
Tune 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?
With 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
Given 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
Much 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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More Ways to Reform the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
The recent NPR segment from Chana Joffe-Walt on the disability insurance program has certainly started a conversation. The Washington Post 's Wonkblog...
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Op-Ed: Why 'Chained CPI' Works for Social Security
Los Angeles Times | April 2, 2013 In his March 22 blog post criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to...
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NYT Gets It Wrong on the Chained CPI
The New York Times has an editorial criticizing switching to the chained CPI for Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). Recall that the...