What Is the Goal of the Consumer Price Index

question 70

Multiple Choice

What is the goal of the consumer price index?

• A) to measure changes in the costs of production
• B) to measure changes in the cost of living
• C) to measure changes in the relative prices of consumer goods
• D) to measure changes in the production of consumer goods

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity

An indicator of the sensitivity of the demand for a product to alterations in its price.

Elastic

A term used to describe the sensitivity of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good or service to a change in its price.

Quantity Demanded

The specific amount of a product that buyers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.

Inelastic

Characterized by a low responsiveness of quantity demanded or supplied when there is a price change, signifying that changes in price have minimal impact on consumers' purchasing behavior.