Based on surveys conducted by the BLS, the CPI basket assigns a weight of approximately 15% to transportation spending. Suppose you walk to your workplace every day and you do not use any other means of transportation. With everything else the same, if the price of transportation services increases by 10%, by how much would the CPI increase? Is the CPI measuring the true change in your cost of living?

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Q: Why does CPI not take into account the changing behavior of the consumer?

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Q: Would excluding certain goods and services from CPI be beneficial for policymakers?

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A: Given : Salary - 2010=$65000,2020=$75000 CPI-2010=218,2020=260

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