Tag: CPI-E
The current index is a good compromise. It’s “Social Security COLA-speculation” season, and with it comes the annual controversy about whether the government is using the right index to adjust benefits. I would argue that the current index is good enough; it can easily be viewed as a compromise between the two major alternatives –…
The brief’s key findings are: How best to adjust Social Security benefits for inflation has been controversial. Critics argue that an experimental index for the elderly (the CPI-E) should replace the current broader index (the CPI-W). Historically, the CPI-E, which places more weight on health care costs, has risen faster than the CPI-W. But, over…
