5 CFR Topic
Cost-of-Living Allowances
November 4, 2020
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591.206
How does OPM establish COLA areas?
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591.207
Which areas are COLA areas?
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591.208
How does OPM establish COLA rates?
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591.209
What is a price index?
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591.210
What are weights?
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591.211
What are the categories of consumer expenditures?
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591.212
How does OPM select survey items?
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591.213
What prices does OPM collect?
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591.214
How does OPM collect prices?
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591.215
Where does OPM collect prices in the COLA and DC areas?
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591.216
How does OPM combine survey data for the DC area and for COLA areas with multiple survey areas?
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591.217
In which outlets does OPM collect prices?
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591.218
How does OPM compute price indexes?
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591.219
How does OPM compute shelter price indexes?
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591.220
How does OPM calculate energy utility cost indexes?
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591.221
How does OPM compute the consumer expenditure weights it uses to combine price indexes?
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591.227
What adjustment factors does OPM add to the price indexes?
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591.222
How does OPM use the expenditure weights to combine price indexes?
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591.223
When does OPM conduct COLA surveys?
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591.224
How does OPM adjust price indexes between surveys?
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591.225
Which CPIs does OPM use?
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591.226
How does OPM apply the CPIs?
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591.228
How does OPM convert the price index plus adjustment factor to a COLA rate?
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591.229
How does OPM inform agencies and employees of COLA rate changes?