The Consumer Price Index

question 173

Multiple Choice

The consumer price index:

• A)uses a fixed market basket set in the base year for all subsequent years.
• B)is also called the GDP price index.
• C)measures changes in the prices of a market basket of some 50,000 goods and services.
• D)is adjusted annually for changes in consumer spending patterns.

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