By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
In the last issue we discussed whether – and to what extent — population influenced a jurisdiction’s relative wage ranking. In this article we discussed to what extent assessed valuation influences that ranking.
Archives for August 2015
August 21, 2015 By
Wage Series Part 11: Does Assessed Valuation Matter?
August 19, 2015 By
Wage Series Part 10: Does Size Matter?
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
Earlier in the wage series we discussed State wage rankings for the various public safety classifications. In the next part of the wage series we run our series of articles on factors that might influence or explain, at least in part, those wage rankings, with updated 2015 wage rankings.
August 17, 2015 By
Wage Series Part 9: What’s the Real Difference in How the “U” and “W” CPI Measures are Calculated?
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
In the last blog article we addressed the recent .5% gap between the “U” and “W” indices. We discussed whether over time there was a significant difference between the CPI-W and the CPI-U, explaining that there was not:
August 13, 2015 By
Wages Series Part 8: Is there a Difference Between the “U” and “W” CPI and Does It Matter?
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
In our July 24th blog article we reported on the June CPI and noted the wide spread between the “U” and “W” inflation indices and promised to provide an explanation as to the differences in these inflation measures. We cover that in today’s report.
