As Currently Calculated, the CPI Tends to Overstate the True

question 22

Multiple Choice

As currently calculated, the CPI tends to overstate the true inflation rate because

• A) the market basket fails to weigh housing costs sufficiently.
• B) we cannot know what the true inflation rate is.
• C) the market basket selected is inappropriate.
• D) it fails to correctly measure quality changes for some products.

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