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To: Mike M2 who wrote (78828)	3/30/2000 1:08:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) of 132070

>>"Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the BLS has used an enhanced adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for the CPI series. For the fuel oil and the motor fuels indexes, this procedure was used [in January] to offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of seasonal adjusted data for those series." Yes, it appears it was left out! No inflation?<< yes, the govt is cooking the books. if something is inflating then they call it "volatility and leave it out." if it drops... tie a rock to it and increase its weighting!!! ho ho ho ho!!!

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