If Consumers Purchase Fewer of Those Products That Increase Most

question 2

Multiple Choice

If consumers purchase fewer of those products that increase most in price and more of those products that decrease in price as compared to the CPI basket, then changes in the CPI:

• A)accurately reflect the true rate of inflation.
• B)understate the true rate of inflation.
• C)overstate the true rate of inflation.
• D)are unrelated to the true rate of inflation.

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