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Policy Impact on Price Index Measurement
A government needs to raise revenue and is considering two policies projected to generate the same amount of funds:
Policy A: Increase the national sales tax from 5% to 8%. Policy B: Increase the average income tax rate by 3 percentage points.
A government advisor states, "Policy B is preferable because, unlike Policy A, it will not directly impact our nation's primary measure of inflation." Evaluate the accuracy of this advisor's statement. Justify your reasoning by explaining how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) would account for each of these policy changes.
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Policy Impact on Price Index Measurement
To accurately measure underlying price inflation without the influence of fiscal policy, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is calculated using the pre-tax prices of goods and services.
Tax Policy Impact on Price Index