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Housing Costs in the CPI: What Are We Measuring?

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The treatment of owner-occupied housing in the Consumer Price Index has long been a subject of confusion and consternation. Thus, a session to explore the issues was organized at the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting in Chicago on September 26, 2005.

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  1. Global Economic Research Department, Alliance Capital, New York, 10105, NY, USA

    Joseph G Carson

  2. Consumer Price and Price Indices Department, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, 20212, DC, USA

    David S Johnson

  3. Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, 10045, NY, USA

    Charles Steindel

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Carson, J., Johnson, D. & Steindel, C. Housing Costs in the CPI: What Are We Measuring?. Bus Econ 41, 59–68 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2145/20060108

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