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The base period for cpi calculations is generally 1982-84. in 2005, 50% of households accessed the internet through a broadband connection that would not have existed in the 1980s. this potential for bias in the cpi is referred to as ________ bias and results in ________.

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The base period for cpi calculations is generally 1982-84. in 2005, 50% of households accessed the internet through a broadband connection that would not have existed in the 1980s. this potential for bias in the cpi is referred to as new product bias and results in a production loss.
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The answers are new product; the CPI overestimating the true change in the cost of living
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