The Relative Importance of Housing in the Breakdown of Consumer

question 358

Multiple Choice

The relative importance of housing in the breakdown of consumer spending is

• A) 41 percent.
• B) 15 percent.
• C) 6 percent.
• D) 4 percent.

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Definitions:

Pareto Optimal Allocations

A situation where no reallocation can make someone better off without making someone else worse off, named after economist Vilfredo Pareto.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation of a consumer's preference ordering over a set of goods and services. It quantifies the satisfaction or happiness derived from consuming these goods and services.

Trade

The action of buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services between people or entities.

Pareto Optimal Allocation

An allocation of resources in which it is impossible to make any individual better off without making at least one individual worse off, indicative of efficiency in resource distribution.