## Improving the Efficiency of the U.S. CPI

_IMF Working Papers, September 1, 1996_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Paul A. Armknecht
- Published: September 1, 1996
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451948141.001

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### Summary
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### Author and publication
- By Paul A. Armknecht
- September 1, 1996
- Format citation example: Paul A. Armknecht "Improving the Efficiency of the U.S. CPI", IMF Working Papers 1996, 103 (1996), accessed 9/9/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451948141.001

### Subjects
- Consumer price indexes
- Cost of living
- Expenditure
- National accounts
- Personal income
- Price indexes
- Prices

### Keywords
- aggregate consumer price index
- commodity analyst
- Consumer price indexes
- Cost of living
- CPI staff need access
- data review
- Europe
- index number
- market basket
- Personal income
- price change
- Price indexes
- price level
- sample design
- shadow price
- U.S. CPI
- WP

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