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Where does the “inflation rate” come from, anyway?

By Michael Wolfson Comments Off on Where does the “inflation rate” come from, anyway? , , , , , , , , , , ,

The recent controversy about Statistics Canada’s plans to collect a range of detailed financial data has, understandably, focused on questions of privacy.  But the role of a country’s national statistical agency has always been to balance the privacy concerns associated with collecting sensitive individual data with the many public goods produced from the statistical analysis […]