Until 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics rounded CPI index values to one decimal place; beginning in 2007, it published new CPI data to three decimal places, effectively eliminating the base-related rounding problem for new data.
Sources
- Was There a Great Moderation for Inflation Volatility? (federalreserve.gov)
- Chronology of changes in the Consumer Price Index (bls.gov)
- https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/cpi-math-calculations.pdf (bls.gov)
- https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30074.html (everycrsreport.com)
- https://www.bls.gov/osmr/research-papers/2006/pdf/ec060090.pdf (bls.gov)
- https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_02212007.pdf (bls.gov)
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