Table 24-13

question 366

Multiple Choice

Table 24-13. Olivia's expenditures on clothing for three consecutive years, along with some values for the CPI, are presented in the table below.
-Refer to Table 24-13. Suppose Olivia's 2009 clothing expenditure in 2010 dollars amounts to $1,440. Then X, the consumer price index for 2009, has a value of

• A)120.
• B)130.
• C)140.
• D)150.

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Comparative Advantage

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