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A-LevelEconomicsThe macroeconomy9708/12 · Feb/Mar 2017 · Q211 Mark

Relative weights are used in calculating the index of retail prices to reflect the different

Aamounts of money spent by consumers on each good.
Blevels of prices for each good.
Cnumbers of people buying each good.
Drates of change in price of each good over time.

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A: amounts of money spent by consumers on each good.

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The macroeconomy, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, Feb/Mar 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 21.

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