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Go to the website of the Bureau of the Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov) and find data on the CPI. By how much has the index including all items risen over the past year? For which categories of spending have prices risen the most? The least? Have any categories experienced price declines? Can you explain any of these facts?

Principles of Economics (MindTap C...

8th Edition

N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher: Cengage Learning

ISBN: 9781305585126

Chapter 24, Problem 4PA

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Go to the website of the Bureau of the Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov) and find data on the CPI. By how much has the index including all items risen over the past year? For which categories of spending have prices risen the most? The least? Have any categories experienced price declines? Can you explain any of these facts?

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