The Consumer Price Index

question 46

Multiple Choice

The consumer price index

• A) is a 10-year moving average of commodity prices.
• B) establishes the maximum price sellers may charge consumers.
• C) lists the annual ratios of consumption to disposable income.
• D) shows the ratio of cost of a market basket of goods and services in a given year to a base year.
• E) is another name for aggregate demand.

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