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:

Beta

An indicator of the level of systematic risk or volatility of a security or a portfolio relative to the entire market.

Total Risk

The complete range of risks associated with an investment, including both systematic risk (market related) and unsystematic risk (company or industry specific).

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points from its mean, often used in finance to gauge investment risk.

Risk Premium

The extra return above the risk-free rate that investors require to compensate them for holding a risky asset.