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    Sep 30, 2006, 11:49 AM
    Pensions and inflation
    If I were to write a bill about pensions, which measure of inflation would I want to use? CPI or GDP deflator? I know that the GDP deflator underestimates inflation and the CPI overestimates it. Also, I read that most plans use the CPI. Why is this? What does the CPI have that makes it better for pension purposes?

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