A New Chain-Weighted Measure of Real GDP

question 56

Multiple Choice

A new chain-weighted measure of real GDP

• A)was introduced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in 1995.
• B)uses the average of prices in a given year and prices in the previous year instead of using prices in a base year as weights.
• C)differs greatly from previous measures that utilized the base year method.
• D)Both a and b
• E)All of the above

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