A Consumer Price Index of 120 for a certain year means that the average price of consumer items in that year was
A. 20% higher than the average price of the preceding year.
B. 120% higher than the average price in the base period 1982-84.
C. 20% higher than the average price in the base period 1982-84.
D. about $120 per basket of consumer goods and services.
Answer: C
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