Comparing the Core Inflation Rate to the Consumer Price Index

question 74

Multiple Choice

Comparing the core inflation rate to the Consumer Price Index, the core inflation rate

• A)controls for the biases of the CPI.
• B)measures all goods produced, not just consumer goods.
• C)uses current period quantities, not base period quantities.
• D)excludes the volatile elements of the CPI.
• E)includes volatile elements not in the CPI.

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