The Consumer Price Index Measures

question 349

Multiple Choice

The Consumer Price Index measures

• A) the average of raw material prices paid by producing firms.
• B) the level of prices with respect to goods and services purchased by a typical consumer in urban areas.
• C) the average of the prices of all goods produced in a country and goods imported from other countries.
• D) hourly wage rates of manufacturing workers.

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