Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is primarily used by policymakers to monitor:
A. Asset price bubbles
B. Producer and wholesale market inflation
C. Consumer inflation
D. Wage growth
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
WPI reflects price changes at the wholesale/producer level, serving as an early indicator of inflationary pressures in the production pipeline before they reach consumers via CPI.
Explanation:
Standard notation: A = presence of attribute A, β = absence of attribute B. Thus, (Aβ) denotes units with attribute A present and attribute B absent.
Explanation:
Chain indices highlight recent changes by using the previous period as base, making them sensitive to short-term dynamics like monthly inflation, though less suitable for long-term trend analysis.
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