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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Definitions:

Cash Dividends

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members from its current or retained earnings.

Depreciation Expense

The allocation of the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life, reflecting the asset's consumption, wear and tear, or obsolescence.

Direct Method

A method of preparing the cash flow statement in which actual cash flow information from the company’s operations segment is used, instead of adjustments to net income.

Direct Method

A means of presenting the cash flow statement where cash receipts and cash payments from operating activities are listed directly.