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May/June 1997, 
Vol. 79, No. 3
Posted 1997-05-01

Quality Change in the CPI

by Charles R. Hulten

The author raises several concerns about the treatment of “quality” in the CPI. He notes that the right way to deal with problems in any measurement program, including the CPI, is to address each problem in its own right and apply the appropriate fix.