The costs of organizing all the affected parties so that bargaining can take place are called

If a graph has a line that shows the amount of outsourcing in the last ten years, it is known as

A) a pie chart. B) a demand curve for outsourcing. C) a time-series graph. D) a supply curve of outsourcing.

The Fed believes there are three advantages to using the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index instead of the CPI as a measure of inflation. These advantages include all of the following except

A) the PCE is a chain-type index as opposed to the market-basket approach used for the CPI, and the market-basket approach tends to overstate inflation. B) the PCE includes the prices of more goods and services than the CPI, so it is a broader measure of inflation. C) the PCE allows the Fed to better track historical trends in inflation than does the CPI because PCE values can be recalculated as new data becomes available. D) the PCE includes the value of imported products purchased by consumers , whereas the CPI does not, and imports make up a growing portion of consumer purchases in the United States.