http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiqa.htm
Reviews questions about whether the CPI has been manipulated to reduce the apparent severity of inflation. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0808TRANSPARENCY.PDF
Describes efforts by states to promote and disseminate information about health care quality and prices to consumers and how governors can use four key levers to promote transparency of quality and price data. From the National Governors Association
http://www.schev.edu/Reportstats/2008TuitionFeesReport.pdf?from=
Reports that the average tuition and fees increase for in-state Virginia students for the 2008-09 academic year is 6.6%. Covers board-approved tuition and fees increases for the 2008-09 academic year, tuition and fee trends in Virginia over the past 25 years, the cost-sharing relationship between the students and the state, and trends in tuition increases nationally. From the State Council of Higher Education
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/agpran08.pdf
Covers prices received by farmers for crops, vegetables, and livestock/poultry at the state and national level. Also covers prices paid by farmers for feed, fertilizers and fuel at the regional level. From the National Agricultural Statistics Service
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34549_20080703.pdf
Reviews the evolution of education benefit programs for veterans prior to the enactment of the Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. Also examines how changes in average college prices compare with the estimated value of those benefits and discusses the interaction between veterans&$x0027; education benefits and federal student aid benefits. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.
Blames the rise in crude oil prices on fundamental supply and demand factors rather than financial market speculation. From the Task Force and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
http://www.hrpdcva.gov/ECON/ECON_DataBook.asp
Latest statistical compendium of information on the Hampton Roads area including population estimates and trends, migration, income and earnings, employment, retail sales, building permits, lodging, port activity, vehicle registrations, local tax collections, and consumer price index. From the Hampton Roads Plan District Commission.
http://www.ferc.gov/legal/staff-reports/06-19-08-cost-electric.pdf
Presentation on why the cost of electricity is rising across the country. Blames higher fuel prices, increased capital costs, and uncertainty about climate policy for rising costs. From the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/OPEC_Revenues/Factsheet.html
Covers total oil export revenues and per capita revenues for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries for 2007. Also provides estimates for expected revenues in 2008 and 2009. Also provides some country by country data. From the Energy Information Administration.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/92xx/doc9284/06-05-PriceTransparency.pdf
This brief explores whether increased information about prices for specific health care services and drugs would help to control the rapid growth in costs. From the Congressional Budget Office.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/anwr/pdf/sroiaf(2008)03.pdf
Provides an assessment of federal oil and natural gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ANWR in Alaska and of the potential impact of leasing there on domestic crude oil production. Sees production from ANWR developing to 780,000 barrels per day by 2027 and then declining. Also predicts impact of ANWR oil on other world production and price. From the Energy Information Administration
