I the CPI Is Not Just One Index, but Includes

question 10

Multiple Choice

i. The CPI is not just one index, but includes a large number of groups, subgroups and selected items, such as a food index, a transportation index and a shelter index. ii. The Consumer Price Index is based on more than 600 separate goods and services used by most urban and rural families.
iii. One function of CPI is to allow consumers to determine the degree to which their purchasing power is being eroded by price increases and as such, it is a metre stick for revising wages, pensions and other income payments to keep pace with changes in prices.

• A) (i), (ii), and (iii) are all correct statements.
• B) (i) and (ii) are correct statements but not (iii).
• C) (i) and (iii) are correct statements but not (ii).
• D) (ii) and (iii) are correct statements but not (i).
• E) (i), (ii), and (iii) are all false statements.

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Definitions:

Real GDP

The measure of a country's economic output adjusted for price changes, such as inflation or deflation, providing a more accurate reflection of an economy's size and health.

Percent

A mathematical term representing a part per hundred in everything from finance to statistics.

Economic Growth

An increase in the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time, often measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product (GDP).

Nations

Large groups of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.