Tag: CPI-W
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…
The brief’s key findings are: The recent news of no Social Security COLA in 2016 will prompt some to argue that an inflation index for the elderly only would have shown a rise in prices. Historically, an experimental index for the elderly (the CPI-E) has regularly risen more quickly than the broader index used for…
