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What is consumer price inflation?
What is consumer price inflation?
- The amount spent by households on all goods and services
- The average price change of all goods and services
- The rate at which the prices of goods and services rise or fall and is estimated using price indices (correct)
- The total cost of the shopping basket
Why are the components of price indices weighted?
Why are the components of price indices weighted?
- To ensure that all goods and services are equally represented
- To increase the impact of some goods and services over others
- To reflect the relative importance of the various items in the average shopping basket (correct)
- To decrease the impact of some goods and services over others
How often are the weights used in the calculation of consumer price inflation reviewed and updated?
How often are the weights used in the calculation of consumer price inflation reviewed and updated?
- Each year (correct)
- They are never updated
- Every two years
- Every five years
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