Year
Price Index
Money Income
1
80
$1000
2
100
1100
3
120
1200

In the table above, for which year was real income largest?

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Real income is the same in each year.


The consumer price index is an example of an index number. Which of the following is also an index number, that is, is computed with the same method as the CPI?

The unemployment rate
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Gross Domestic Product
Money Stock


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