The Increase in Quality Bias in the Consumer Price Index

question 211

Multiple Choice

The increase in quality bias in the consumer price index refers to the idea that price increases in the CPI reflect pure inflation,but ________ quality increases.This causes the CPI to ________ the cost of the market basket.

• A)also; understate
• B)also; overstate
• C)not; understate
• D)not; overstate

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Definitions:

Cost of Capital

The rate of return that a company must earn on its projects to maintain its market value and attract funds.

MCC

This abbreviation could stand for multiple concepts depending on the context; without further context, it's difficult to provide a specific definition.

IOS

Investment opportunity schedule. A schedule of capital budgeting projects arranged in decreasing order of IRR.

WACC

Weighted Average Cost of Capital; it represents a firm's blended cost of capital across all sources, including both debt and equity.