Question

45. Consider a small economy in which consumers buy only two goods: pretzels and cookies. In order to compute the consumer price index for this economy for two or more consecutive years, we assume that:

Answer 1

Answer:

neither the number of pretzels nor the number of cookies bought by the typical consumer changes from year to year

Explanation:

a. the percentage change in the price of pretzels is equal to the percentage change in the price of cookies from year to year. b. the number of pretzels bought by the typical consumer is equal to the number of cookies bought by the typical consumer in each year. neither the number of pretzels nor the number of cookies bought by the typical consumer changes from year to year. d. neither the price of pretzels nor the price of cookies changes from year to year.

The consumer price index measures the changes in the price level of a basket of good. It is used to measure the rate of inflation.

Since the CPI measures changes in price level, it is assumed that quantities of goods purchased remains constant.

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