Suppose the consumer price index (CPI) for Year X is 130 . This means the average price of goods and services is:
a. currently $130.
b. 130 percent more in Year X than in the base year.
c. 130 percent more in the base year than in Year X.
d. priced at 30 percent more in Year X than in the base year.
d
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Both buyers and sellers are price takers in a perfectly competitive market because
A) the price is determined by government intervention and dictated to buyers and sellers. B) each buyer and seller knows it is illegal to conspire to affect price. C) both buyers and sellers in a perfectly competitive market are concerned for the welfare of others. D) each buyer and seller is too small relative to others to independently affect the market price.
Which of the following transactions would be included in the official calculation of GDP?
A) A student buys a used textbook at the bookstore. B) Firestone sells $2 million worth of tires to General Motors. C) You wash and wax your father's car as a favor to him. D) You buy a new iPod. E) You illegally download music off the Internet to put on your new iPod.
Use the following graph to answer the question below.
The price where marginal benefit equals marginal cost is
A. $1.60. B. $1.00. C. $2.90. D. $0.50.