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Volume 13, Issue 4
1 April 1985
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Review Article| April 01 1985

The Consumer Price Index: A History and Source List Available to Purchase

Karen Chapman
Karen Chapman
Assistant commerce librarian and an assistant professor of library administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-1716
Print ISSN: 0090-7324
© MCB UP Limited
1985
Reference Services Review (1985) 13 (4): 47–51.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048918

While most Americans have heard of the consumer price index, many people are not knowledgeable about its meaning or history. In this article, Karen Chapman explains how the index reflects and affects the nation's economy, and lists sources of related information.

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