Product Quantity 50 100 Milk Bread Price $1.20 1.00 Price $1.50 1.10 20) Refer to Table 9-2. Assume the market basket for the consumer price index has two products - bread and milk - with the following values in 2011 and 2016 for price and quantity: The Consumer Price Index for 2016 equals

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