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If Consumers Reduce the Purchase of Goods Whose Relative Prices

Question 76

Question 76

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If consumers reduce the purchase of goods whose relative prices rise (substitution bias), the consumer price index (CPI) will tend to have an upward bias over time (overstates inflation).

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