alleryStart learning →PPP uses a basket rather than one good because frictions
Adistort a single good's price
Bfix all prices equally
Cremove all currency risk
Dequalise wages worldwide
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. distort a single good's price
Frictions prevent trade in various goods, so measuring a single good can give a large error; a basket averages this out.
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