The Consumer Price Index

question 182

Multiple Choice

The consumer price index

• A) measures inflation by measuring price increases.
• B) measures price increases but not changes in consumer purchasing patterns.
• C) is not able to measure deflation.
• D) continues to include the same items in the typical "basket of goods" so that price increases in previous years can be compared to price increases in the current year.
• E) is no longer accepted as a good measure of price increases.

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