Module for inflation adjustments based on CPI #930
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Currently failing because the BLS file is distributed as an |
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# Conflicts: # Documentation/CHANGELOG.md
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Manually converted file from This is now ready for review (after tests complete). @sbenthall could you review? |
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This PR adds a module to
HARK.datasetsthat contains the CPI research series from BLS.It contains tools to read the raw dataset and extract "deflators" from it, which can then be used to rebase U.S. dollar quantities to any year from 1977 to 2019.
This is useful when combining calibrations from different papers/sources that use different base years.