While the CPI Focuses on Changes to Prices for Consumers

question 60

Multiple Choice

While the CPI focuses on changes to prices for consumers, the PPI:

• A) measures the prices of goods and services purchased by firms.
• B) stands for the producer price index.
• C) looks specifically at the price changes that affect the typical producer.
• D) All of these statements are true.

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