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Appendix C: Uses of the CE in Administering Federal Programs: Debriefing of Program Staff
Pages 215-222

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From page 215...
... Mary Kate Catlin, Economist, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Cathy A Cowan, Economist, Office of the Actuary/National Health Statistics Group Kenneth Hanson, Economist, Economic Research Service Arnold Katz, Bureau of Economic Analysis Geng Li, Economist, Federal Reserve Board Marshall Reinsdorf, Bureau of Economic Analysis 215
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From page 216...
... He urged trying to get a large enough sample of detailed questions by category so that the analyst can distinguish different types of households, perhaps by household size and income.  ureau of Economic Analysis: BEA worries that such a plan would B eliminate the possibility of looking at substitution effects.
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From page 217...
...  ureau of Economic Analysis: Less frequent collection would end up B with more boundary problems, mainly because respondents would have trouble recalling expenditures over a longer period. BEA uses quarterly data when they can get it, annual when they cannot.
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... Question 5: Would other sources of data work for you if the CE data were not available? Federal Reserve: The CE is unique and cannot be replaced.
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... He also mentioned a slide from his presentation at the 2010 Data Users Forum on the jumpiness of the year-to-year change in average food at home consumption; the jumpiness exceeds the variance.  ureau of Economic Analysis: BEA is concerned when the data bounce B around.
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From page 220...
... BEA does very little modeling with the CE data. They try to use the microdata as little as possible, but sometimes they don't get the cross tabulations they need, so they do some aggregations on their own from the microdata.
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... For example, the mix of sales at retail establishments can change greatly over five years. BEA might try to use CE data to estimate these mix changes indirectly.
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...  ureau of Economic Analysis: The needs are ongoing.
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