If in Switzerland in January, 2009 the CPI was 187.4 and in January, 2010 it was 191.1, then the inflation rate in 2010 was
A) 1.9 percent.
B) 3.7 percent.
C) -1.9 percent.
D) unknown without the base period index number.
E) unknown without the real prices.
A
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