The Consumer Price Index Measures

question 43

Multiple Choice

The consumer price index measures:

• A)the cost of all goods and services produced in the U.S.economy.
• B)the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
• C)the cost of a fixed market basket of consumer goods and services produced in the U.S.economy.
• D)the ratio of an economy's nominal GDP to its real GDP.
• E)the income distribution of an economy.

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