One of the primary drivers of the difference in PCE and
CPI inflation rates is known as substitution bias.
This evolution of the
CPI escalation clause resulted in the following 2 examples which were widely used: (Illustration of standard
CPI clause with two choices of limiting clauses.
Fred, Chief Executive Officer
CPI Aerostructures, Inc.
Not only has
CPI itself won new automotive molding business, but in late July, Tier One auto-parts supplier Decoma International in Concord, Ont.
No attempt was made, however, to recompute the television index by applying hedonic regression analysis to the individual television prices collected for the
CPI during the 1978-98 period.
But while these steps are impressive, the hard work must continue if the
CPI is to keep up with an ever-changing economy.
A panel of prominent economists headed by Michael Boskin of Stanford University released a report in December saying the current
CPI is overstating inflation by 1.
In seeking the preliminary injunction, Herbert Haft attempted to establish himself as majority shareholder of
CPI, alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the two other
CPI board members, Ronald Haft and Donald Bourassa, and attempted to demonstrate that a recent stock issuance by the
CPI board was illegal.
All of this makes the
CPI a somewhat fuzzy number that many economists here and overseas consider unreliable.
The combined annual revenues of
CPI and Bitwise will be approximately $42,000,000.
But largely overlooked in the free-for-all over the future indexation of fiscal policy is the fact that a downward revision of the
CPI would also dramatically change the interpretation of the past.
CPI Aero is engaged in the contract production of structural and other aircraft parts for leading prime defense contractors, the U.
The
CPI is intended to measure how quickly prices are rising for typical consumer purchases.
HONG KONG -- Citigroup Property Investors (
CPI) today announced the final close of
CPI Capital Partners Asia Pacific, L.
Next week, the Commission on the Consumer Price Index will produce a report to bolster its earlier finding that the current
CPI measurement overstates inflation by about 1 percentage point annually, according to sources close to the panel.