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  1. World Stocks Drop Amid Unwelcome Drop in Japan CPI

    Fri, 26 Apr 2013

    Japan faced an unwelcome drop in consumer prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo slipped from a five-year high after Japan's consumer price index fell 0.9 percent in March from a year earlier. The result flies in the face of efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

  2. Japan Prices Fall in March as Deflation Drags On

    Thu, 25 Apr 2013

    Japan reports its consumer price index fell 0.9 percent in March from a year earlier, resisting an onslaught of monetary easing and stimulus spending meant to free

  3. George W. Bush Looks Back - And Ahead (The Note)

    Thu, 25 Apr 2013

    country, MoveOn members will deliver a petition started by Robert Reich, that asks the President and Congress to oppose chained CPI , which would reduce Social Security benefits. Over 300,000 people have signed the petition." http://bit.ly/10ehcya

  4. Budget Battle: 3 Plans on the Table, What Now?

    Thu, 25 Apr 2013

    retirees, veterans and taxpayers. Obama's budget calls for using a different measure of inflation — called the Chained Consumer Price Index — that would tend to register lesser levels of inflation. That, in turn, would mean smaller cost-of-living raises

  5. The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, April 17, 2013

    Wed, 17 Apr 2013

    Reserve a new reason to keep its easy-money policies intact-inflation shows signs of slowing. The Labor Department's consumer - price index was up 1.5% in March from a year earlier, the fourth time in five months that it has been below the Fed's 2% inflation

  6. Obama's Chained CPI Throws Off Pols and Here's How It Works

    Fri, 12 Apr 2013

    spending, and it goes by the name Chained CPI . The president's budget recommends a chained Consumer Price Index , or CPI - the measure by which a heavy percentage Current law calculates benefits based on CPI -W, or CPI for Urban Wage Earners

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  1. The Note: Next Week's Senate Scramble

    Fri, 12 Apr 2013

    XGwjGd WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH CHAINED CPI ? President Obama's outline for government spending, and it goes by the name Chained CPI . The president's budget recommends a chained Consumer Price Index , or CPI - the measure by which a heavy percentage

  2. Obama's 'Crossed a Line' With Social Security Cuts, Critics Say

    Tue, 9 Apr 2013

    the proposal to create a chained Consumer Price Index - or CPI - included in the White House citizens and veterans. The chained CPI proposal could lead to slower gun violence prevention, the CPI proposal is one that has caused

  3. Obama's Catch 22: Budget Blueprint Won't Please Many, if Any

    Sat, 6 Apr 2013

    increases. In the past, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has said she's "agnostic" to a potential chained CPI proposal as long as it protects the most vulnerable. But today, the president's defenders were silent as the president was

  4. 'This Week' Transcript: Obama Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Two Powerhouse Roundtables

    Fri, 5 Apr 2013

    Senator Sanders is a passionate advocate and has been a big supporter of the president. This president will - this chained CPI that's being referred to here, it is something the president will only accept on two conditions. It's something Speaker Boehner

  5. The Quiet Crisis (The Note)

    Fri, 22 Feb 2013

    FOR WALMART MOMS, BUDGET BATTLES DON'T HIT HOME," by the Cook Political Report's Amy Walter. "Terms like 'chained CPI ,' 'Bowles-Simpson,' and 'CR' are getting thrown around Washington with impunity. But, this isn't the language that

  6. How Do You Solve A Problem Like The Sequester? (The Note)

    Tue, 19 Feb 2013

    of Medicare and Medicaid payments to providers, lowering drug costs, enacting Social Security reforms, adopting a "chained CPI " to reduce the growth of Social Security payments and other spending tied to inflation, and reforming the tax code. http

  7. PM Note: Hi, Marco? It's Barack, 4 Capitol Work Days 'Til Sequstraton, Indiana Seed Farmer at SCOTUS

    Tue, 19 Feb 2013

    of Medicare and Medicaid payments to providers, lowering drug costs, enacting Social Security reforms, adopting a "chained CPI " to reduce the growth of Social Security payments and other spending tied to inflation, and reforming the tax code. Those

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Videos

  1. President Obama Remarks on Budget as Senate Negotiates Gun Control

    Wed, 10 Apr 2013

    than realistic. So from the revenue out of the savings side 230 billion dollars in savings from being proposed in this changes CPI essentially changing how. Inflation in the center cost of living is calculated. some economists have been saying that is impact

    CPI found at 14:59

    side 230 billion dollars in savings from being proposed in this changes CPI essentially changing how. Inflation in the center cost of living is calculated. -- some economists have been saying that is -- --
  2. Roundtable I: Budget Battles

    Sun, 10 Mar 2013

    president went along with means testing, medicare beneficiaries more far reaching. You did a little already and adjusting consumer price index for social security recipients, would you as a senator be open to more revenues? Listen, if you're taking a look

    Consumer Price Index found at 8:55

    medicare beneficiaries more far reaching. You did a little already and adjusting consumer price index for social security recipients, would you as a senator be open to more revenues? Listen, if you're taking a look at an
  3. Consumer Price Index Fell and Industrial Production Rose in October

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    numbers we just in the past hour on the Consumer Price Index which actually fell 110 of a percent economy coming out this morning let's CPI because this is an important one that first time we have seen. A negative CPI number in four months. So let me a couple

    Consumer Price Index found at 0:17

    new numbers we just -- -- in the past hour on the Consumer Price Index which actually fell 110 of a percent in October and just minutes ago. Wheeler factory output rose point 7%. So help us interpret these numbers. Yes silly string of data about the American economy coming out this morning let's -- -- CPI because this is an important one that people liked because it is a measure of inflation. You mention it fell eight tenths of -- percent to nearly 1% for the month of October. And that was really unexpected -- declined very unexpected in fact it's the first time we have seen. A negative CPI number in four months. So let me a couple of things -- not certainly means that the cost of goods may be
  4. Roundtable I: This Week in Politics

    Sun, 7 Apr 2013

    social security and medicare. Particularly changing the changed cpi which calculates the cost of living. The fact is, baby boomers billion a year, it's a rounding error. Social security, cpi saves $100 billion over ten years. It's 1% of the problem

    CPI found at 3:49, 13:15

    for including cutbacks in social security and medicare. Particularly changing the changed cpi which calculates the cost of living. The fact is, baby boomers are retiring, bless their hearts. The fact is, 496,000 people left
    years, that's $60 billion a year, it's a rounding error. Social security, cpi saves $100 billion over ten years. It's 1% of the problem. The machinery is paralyzed. The republicans can't owen up to the
  5. Dan Pfeiffer on 'This Week'

    Sun, 7 Apr 2013

    significant cut. A couple of things. One, sanders is a passionate advocate and has been a big supporter of the president. The cpi is something that the president will only change on two conditions, something that speaker boehner and McCONNELL ASKED FOR ON

    CPI found at 4:40

    passionate advocate and has been a big supporter of the president. The cpi is something that the president will only change on two conditions, something that speaker boehner and McCONNELL ASKED FOR ON TWO Conditions,
  6. Consumer Price Index Up 2.7 Percent in Last Year

    Fri, 15 Apr 2011

    At squeeze you felt at the grocery store and at the gas station. It is not your imagination a new number the Consumer Price Index is now at its highest level in more than two years. Jamal tonight on how it's hitting home. Americans already

    Consumer Price Index found at 0:05

    gas station. It is not your imagination a -- new number the Consumer Price Index is now at its highest level in more than two years. Jamal -- tonight on how it's hitting home. Americans already spend
  7. Roundtable II: This Week in Politics

    Sun, 24 Feb 2013

    But I haven't seen anything specific that he's proposed. At least two specific entitlement cuts on the table. The consumer price index on social security. Proposed limiting that. Raising the age for medicare eligibility. The president has come up with

    Consumer Price Index found at 6:07

    he's proposed. At least two specific entitlement cuts on the table. The consumer price index on social security. Proposed limiting that. Raising the age for medicare eligibility. The president has come up with three different plans. At
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