Changes in the Quality of a Good

question 133

Multiple Choice

Changes in the quality of a good

• A)do not present a problem in the construction of the consumer price index.
• B)present a problem in the construction of the consumer price index, and that problem is sometimes referred to as substitution bias.
• C)are not accounted for, as a matter of policy, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• D)can lead to either an increase or a decrease in the value of a dollar.

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Definitions:

Checks

Financial instruments that instruct a bank to pay a specific amount of money from the writer's account to the person or entity in whose name the check has been issued.

Drawer

The party that writes an order, or the person who writes a check.

Payee

The party that receives the benefit of an order (check, etc.).

Drawee

The party that must obey an order. In the context of banking, the drawee is the bank that must pay the funds ordered by a customer’s check.