Labor Department to reform CPI calculations in 1983
The Labor Department will replace home prices and mortgage rates with rents to measure housing costs and adjust the market basket for the CPI. This will slow automatic cost of living increases in benefits and wages, reducing deficits and some inflationary pressure.
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Reagan critique by liberal editors stirs debate on Third World poverty
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Wood fuels surge as homes shift back to fireside heat
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Smiths Jurisprudence: Better Than It Sounds
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