Understanding Inflation and the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
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What does inflation measure?

  • The rate of change in the cost of a specific good
  • The rate of change in the unemployment rate
  • The rate of change in the average income of households
  • The rate of change in average prices of goods and services consumed by households (correct)
  • What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) based on?

  • The average cost of a standard set of goods and services consumed by an average household (correct)
  • The average cost of luxury goods and services
  • The average income of households
  • The average cost of imported goods
  • How is inflation usually gauged?

  • By the annual percentage change in the unemployment rate
  • By the annual percentage change in the GDP
  • By the annual percentage change in the average income of households
  • By the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) (correct)
  • What is included in the CPI basket?

    <p>Various items like food, clothing, water, and electricity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does low and stable inflation typically indicate?

    <p>Price stability</p> Signup and view all the answers

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