The Producer Price Index

question 39

Multiple Choice

The producer price index

• A) is frequently cited as a source of information for future consumer price inflation.
• B) is a measure of prices charged by producers at various stages of production.
• C) is an excellent source of information about prices of crude raw materials and intermediate goods that are not explicitly included in the CPI.
• D) is diminished in importance somewhat by the ambiguity of weights to be used in making the required definitional computation.
• E) all of the above.

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