Reply #90: When were those deliberately taken out of the calculation, do you know?

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...Food and fuel prices changes I thought were underestimated in the calculations of the CPI, not eliminated.

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Removal of Two PPI Indexes for April 2006

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With the September 19, 2006, release of Producer Price Index (PPI) data, revised indexes for April 2006 were inadvertently published on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web site and in Table 5 of the PPI Detailed Report for Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (pcu454110454110) and Electronic shopping and mail-order house services (pcu4541104541101). Prior to June 2006, these were research indexes and the release of April 2006 data was unintentional.

Effective with the release of December 2006 data on January 17, 2007, the April 2006 indexes for these two series were removed from the PPI database that is on the BLS Web site, and all indexes in the Electronic shopping and mail-order houses industry were rebased to June 2006 = 100.

The BLS regrets any inconvenience this may cause data users. Further information is available from the PPI Section of Index Analysis and Public Information at: [phone].



Last Modified Date: January 17, 2007

http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppinotice042006.htm


http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppidr200705.pdf


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Differences between CPI and PPI

Summary

The conceptual and definitional distinctions of the PPI and CPI are consistent with the uses of these two major economic indicators. The PPI is used to deflate revenue to measure real growth in output and the CPI is used to adjust income and expenditures for changes in the cost of living. In brief, the CPI includes services, imports, and sales taxes, whereas the PPI excludes them. Distribution costs are included in the CPI but not in the PPI. Finally, the PPI includes capital equipment and the CPI does not.
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http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppicpippi.htm