I Social Security, Old-Age Pensions, Many Apartment Leases and Many

question 11

Multiple Choice

i. Social security, old-age pensions, many apartment leases and many labor contracts are tied to the change in the CPI. ii. Millions of employees in automobile, steel and other industries have their wages adjusted upward when the CPI increases. The specifics are in the management-union contracts. These clauses in the contracts are referred to as "cola clauses."
iii. To deflate sales, the actual sales are multiplied by the wholesale price index and the result multiplied by 100.

• 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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