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CPIGEN: Stata module to add US CPI series to current dataset

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Austin Nichols () (Urban Institute)

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Abstract

This program uses year (and optionally month) on the current data to put the CPI-U and the related research series on the current data. The CPI is used to deflate US prices in the range Jan 1947 to Dec 2007, i.e. to turn nominal dollars into real dollars, to abstract from inflation.

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File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/c/cpigen.ado
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Software component provided by Boston College Department of Economics in its series Statistical Software Components with number S456909.

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Programming language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.2
Date of creation: 30 Jan 2008
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Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s456909

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Related research
Keywords: CPI; Consumer price index; price deflator;

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