The Consumer Price Index (CPI)

question 36

Multiple Choice

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) :

• A) is calculated using a basket of goods and services adjusted annually by government statisticians.
• B) answers the question, "How much more does it cost today to buy the same basket of goods and services that were purchased at some fixed time in the past?"
• C) does not suffer from substitution bias because the basket used to measure prices changes every year.
• D) understates the impact of price changes.

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