Dear program members,
Since many of you work on poverty issues, and this proposed change would
affect the calculation
of poverty measures, I thought you might be interested in the notice (from
the Federal Register)
below, and the opportunity to comment.
Best wishes
Janet
The Office of Management and Budget OMB is seeking comment on the
differences among the various consumer price indexes produced by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and in
particular how those differences might influence the estimation of the
Official Poverty Measure (OPM) and other income measures produced by the
Census Bureau. Based on the comments received and internal discussions with
experts, OMB will consider the need to update the specific inflation
measure used to adjust the OPM, as well as the need for guidance to Federal
agencies to communicate the strengths, weaknesses, and best practices for
selecting and using the different indexes.
Consumer Inflation Measures Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=OMB-2019-0002-0001
File comments here:
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=OMB-2019-0002
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Janet Currie
Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Policy Affairs
Co-Director, Center for Health and Wellbeing
185A Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544
609 258 7393,
https://scholar.princeton.edu/jcurrie
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Received on Thu May 23 2019 - 10:28:28 EDT
