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Related to the 
Economics in Practice on p. 453: The Consumer Price Index in the United States was 207.3 in 2007, 215.3 in 2008 and 214.5 in 2009. If a retiree's pension is tied to the CPI, her monthly pension check would have ________ from 2007 to 2008, and ________ from 2008 to 2009.


◦ increased; increased
◦ increased; decreased
◦ decreased; increased
◦ decreased; decreased

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Related to the 
Economics in Practice on p. 453: The Consumer Price Index in the United States was 215.3 in 2008 and 214.5 in 2009. If a retiree received a monthly pension check of $3,200.00 in 2008 and his pension is tied to the CPI, how much would his monthly pension check be in 2009?


◦ $3174.40
◦ $3,188.11
◦ $3,200.00
◦ $3,214.50


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