The Commodity Substitution Bias Is Most Likely to Put ________

question 61

Multiple Choice

The commodity substitution bias is most likely to put ________ into the CPI and so ________ the inflation rate.

• A) an upward bias; understate
• B) a random bias; randomly overstate or understate
• C) a downward bias; understate
• D) an upward bias; overstate
• E) a downward bias; overstate

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