The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures
A) the prices of a few consumer goods and services.
B) the prices of those consumer goods and services that increased in price.
C) the average of the prices paid by urban consumers for a fixed market basket of goods and services.
D) consumer confidence in the economy.
E) the average of the costs paid by businesses to produce a fixed market basket of consumer goods and services.
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