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To calculate the 2009 poverty guidelines, do you use a projection of what the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) will be for 2009?

April 26, 2017CALCULATE consumer cpi-u guidelines index poverty price projection

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To calculate the 2009 poverty guidelines, do you use a projection of what the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) will be for 2009?

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No. ASPE does not project price changes for the current year; instead, we issue guidelines based on price changes through the most recent completed year. Accordingly, the 2009 poverty guidelines, issued in January 2009, reflect actual price changes through calendar year 2008.