If 51 Percent of All Goods in the Consumer Price

Multiple Choice

If 51 percent of all goods in the consumer price index (CPI) became more expensive and 49 percent became cheaper

A) inflation would certainly occur.
B) deflation would most likely occur.
C) inflation or deflation could occur,depending on the weight of these goods in the basket of goods and the actual percentage changes.
D) deflation would certainly occur if the price of housing was one of the goods that fell.
E) inflation would occur if the goods whose prices increased did so by the same percentage as the goods whose prices decreased.