The value of a price index in the base year is   0 100 200 The inflation rate The average cost of a market basket of goods.     If your wage doubles at the same time as the consumer price index goes from 100 to 300, your real wage   Doubles Falls Increases Stays the same Cannot be determined

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The value of a price index in the base year is

 

  1. 0
  2. 100
  3. 200
  4. The inflation rate
  5. The average cost of a market basket of goods.

 

 

If your wage doubles at the same time as the consumer price index goes from 100 to 300, your real wage

 

  1. Doubles
  2. Falls
  3. Increases
  4. Stays the same
  5. Cannot be determined

 

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