Which of These Is an Index of the Prices of a Shopping

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an index of the prices of a shopping basket of goods and services as published monthly by Statistics Canada?

• A) producer price index (PPI)
• B) consumer price index (CPI)
• C) inflation rate
• D) wholesale cost index (WCI)

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Definitions:

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