Economics Today: The Macro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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Price Index: Price index measures the relative change in the price of a market basket of goods and services over a period of time. Price index of the base year is always equal to 100.
Market Basket (MB): MB refers to a basket comprising different quantities of different goods and services purchased by an average household.
Cost of Market Basket (CMB): CMB refers to the money value of the market basket in dollars.
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