Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) The advantage of variable-weight indexes is that they reflect the prices of the basket of goods that people purchased in the base year.
• B) The disadvantage of variable-weight indexes is that they reflect the prices of the basket of goods that people actually purchased in the current year.
• C) The advantage of variable-weight indexes is that they provide better measures of inflation than do fixed-weight indexes.
• D) The disadvantage of variable-weight indexes is that the current basket may contain many goods that did not exist or were of different quality in the base year.

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