We Calculate Many Different Kinds of Price Indexes

question 77

Multiple Choice

We calculate many different kinds of price indexes:

• A) in order to capture a complete picture of how price changes are affecting the economy.
• B) to see how the prices of different groups of goods are changing.
• C) to measure how different groups of people in the economy are being affected by changing prices.
• D) All of these statements are true.

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