Multiple Choice
i. To deflate sales, the actual sales are multiplied by the wholesale price index and the result multiplied by 100.
Ii) The CPI serves only one major function: as an economic indicator of the rate of inflation.
Iii) To construct a special-purpose index designed to measure general business activity, the weights are based on the judgments of the statistician and assigned to each series.
A) (i) , (ii) and (iii) are all correct statements
B) (i) and (ii) are correct statements, but not (iii) .
C) (i) and (iii) are correct statements but not (ii) .
D) (iii) is a correct statement, but not (i) or (ii) .
E) All statements are false
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