In your message dated: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 20:17:55 MST you write:
>At 09:19 PM 3/29/98 -0500, R. Lee Hawkins <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>:
>
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>>I'll gladly do that, if someone can supply the following:
>>
>>Yen/US $ exchange rates for the years 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990,
>>1994, 1998.
>
>These would have to be averages, of course. Perhaps [((beginning of year) + (
>end of year))/2] would be sufficient, although throughout the 70s and into the
> early 80s, I'd probably want to average 'em at least monthly (too much varian
>ce and volatility otherwise).
>
>>The formula for constant dollars to correct prices to 1982 dollars.
>>(or any other year that people think is best. Maybe correct to 1998 $,
>>1974 $, and 1982 $).
>
>You need a CPI/RPI deflation index. I'll check Web sources and see if there's
> anything out there with historical information for the U.S. -- otherwise, I'l
>l have to head over to the government repository library at the U. of Alberta
>and check there.
>
>Why me? Oh, in a past life, I got a couple of economics degrees (don't ask...
Ok, this is enough to convince me that I don't have time to correct
things to constant dollars. I'll compile the list from Cambridge ads,
and if someone wants to "constant dollar" it, they can do so, and I will
post that list in addition to the one I do. Oh, and I tried to switch
to B&H ads, but, unlike Cambridge, the didn't list the whole Oly line in
the 70's and early 80's.
Cheers,
--Lee
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