PAY & BENEFITS • Sep 2012 • Volume 1 / Number 13
Who has benefits in private industry in 2012?
Health, retirement, and paid leave benefits made up more than three-fifths of private industry employer-provided benefit costs in March 2012.
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Consumer Price Index data quality: how accurate is the U.S. CPI?
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an estimate of the average change in prices over time paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services in the United States. The CPI is used extensively in many different ways: to adjust historical data, to escalate federal payments and tax brackets, and to adjust rents and wages. It directly affects the lives of Americans, so it must be as accurate as possible. But how accurate is it?
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