Economics For Today
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The consumer price index is subject to the substitution bias and the quality/new good bias. Are the producer price index and the GDP deflator also subject to these biases? Why or why not?
Which of the following statements is correct?
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The CPI can be used to compare dollar figures from different points in time.
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The percentage change in the CPI is a measure of the inflation rate, but the percentage change in the GDP deflator is not a measure of the inflation rate.
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Compared to the consumer price index (CPI), the GDP deflator is the more common gauge of inflation.
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The GDP deflator better reflects the goods and services bought by consumers than does the CPI.
A changing-basket price index (Passche index) like the GDP deflator tends to:a. underestimate the change in the cost of living because it does not take into account that people can substitute less-expensive goods for ones that become more expensive.b. overestimate the change in the cost of living because the continual introduction of new goods makes consumers better off even if prices do not fall.c. underestimate the change in the cost of living because it does not reflect the reduction in consumers’ welfare that may result from the substitutions of less expensive goods for more expensive ones.d. overestimate the change in the cost of living because it takes into account that people can substitute less expensive goods for more expensive ones.
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