Multiple Choice
One of the widely acknowledged problems with using the consumer price index as a measure of the cost of living is that the CPI
A) fails to measure all changes in the quality of goods.
B) displays a housing bias.
C) accounts for changes in prices of some goods,but prices of certain goods are assumed to remain constant.
D) All of the above are correct.
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