Price Changes from Year to Year Are Not Proportional,and Consumers

question 115

Multiple Choice

Price changes from year to year are not proportional,and consumers respond to these changes by altering their spending patterns.The problem this creates for inflation calculations is called

• A)deflation.
• B)inflation.
• C)unmeasured quality change.
• D)substitution bias.

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