Tag: CPI-U

Miniature workers and three pile of coins

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 –…

Bird's eye view of stressed woman paying a lot of bills with a calculator

The public dialogue about the economy seems to confuse “inflation” with “high prices.”…