The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not try to account for quality changes in the goods and services in the basket used to compute the CPI.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics does attempt to account for quality changes in the goods and services in the basket used to compute the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to ensure that the index reflects pure price changes rather than changes in the quality of goods and services.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics Does Not Try to Account