A Purchasing Power Parity Index Would Help You

question 283

Multiple Choice

A purchasing power parity index would help you

• A) predict changes in U.S. real GDP.
• B) identify those goods and services that are becoming relatively more important in chain-weighted GDP.
• C) make international comparisons of living standards.
• D) estimate the growth rate of U.S. personal income.

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