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Median price changes: an alternative approach to measuring current monetary inflation

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Michael F. Bryan
Christopher J. Pike
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An analysis concluding that inflation measures based on median price changes are a better indicator than measures based on mean price changes.

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Article provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland in its journal Economic Commentary.

Volume (Year): (1991)
Issue (Month): Dec 1 ()
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Keywords: Inflation (Finance) Consumer price indexes

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