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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (107546)	6/8/2001 3:22:50 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

hb - << Statisticians like to remove food and energy from the CPI because of their volatility. They like to ex-out anything that smacks of a one-time event, like a tobacco-price increase, or reflects a faulty seasonal adjustment problem, like early introduction of the spring apparel line. (Note: The tendency to ignore flukes is restricted to price increases, not decreases.) Meant to say snacks, all non-recurring one time events not included in diet statistics, unlike scheduled meals. Snacks of flukes are doubly ignored. Regards, Don