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Wed Dec-29-10 05:54 PM
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| 13. I read the meaning as 180 degrees oposite. |
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As the food basket gets more expensive consumers are forced to buy less expensive alternatives making the cost of the basket artificially low.
The CPI adjustment would account for that downward adjustment.
I'll have to find the original BLS CPI recommendation to see which of us is right.
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