We calculate many different kinds of price indexes:

A. to measure how different groups of people in the economy are being affected by changing prices.
B. to see how the prices of different groups of goods are changing.
C. in order to capture a complete picture of how price changes are affecting the economy.
D. All of these statements are true.


Answer: D

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