Tuesday, November 10, 2020

CPI-E vs CPI-W

CPI-E vs CPI-W

Article Excerpt: "...The CPI-E tends to grow more quickly than the CPI-W in most years, because it more accurately accounts for the percentage of income that retirees spend on healthcare and housing costs. Those two categories tend to increase several times faster than inflation, and tend to take a bigger share of retiree income. The CPI-E tends to give less weight to items like gasoline and consumer electronics which have fallen significantly in recent months and helped drag down the COLA for 2020..."



Resource: seniorsleague.org

CPI-E vs CPI-W

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