The Chained Consumer Price Index (CPI) Is A/an

question 53

Multiple Choice

The chained consumer price index (CPI) is a/an:

• A) arithmetic average of the prices of all goods produced in gross domestic product (GDP).
• B) arithmetic average of the prices of all consumer goods produced in GDP.
• C) geometric average of the prices of the typical consumer market basket.
• D) geometric average of the prices of all goods produced in GDP.
• E) process of linking the prices of older goods that are no longer produced (such as cassette tapes and eight-track tapes) with "modern" goods (such as MP3 and MP4 players) in a process called chaining.

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