The Consumer Price Index (CPI)

question 105

Multiple Choice

The consumer price index (CPI) :

• A)is an average of the prices of all consumer goods purchased each year.
• B)measures changes in the prices of a market basket of some 600 goods and services purchased by urban consumers.
• C)measures prices of goods, but not services since services don't fit into a market basket.
• D)is also known as the GDP price index.

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