Many economists maintain that
it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation.Price levels for services is plural subject ( I am assuming it is plural) then plural verb will follow and use of rather than follow noun and usage of comparison with price levels for services.
(A) it is price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, that most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation
Correct- no error
(B) price levels for services, rather than supply and demand, most clearly reflects consumer attitudes toward inflation
singular verb- incorrect
(C) rather than supply and demand, consumer attitudes toward inflation are most clearly reflected by price levels for services
comparison error after rather than clause consumer attitude is following instead of price levels -incorrect
(D) price levels for services most clearly reflect consumer attitudes toward inflation, rather than supply and demand
plural verb is used but rather than used in the end which will not correctly compare price levels -misplaced modifier-incorrect
(E) the clearest reflection of consumer attitudes toward inflation are price levels for services rather than supply and demand
Singular subject clearest reflection with plural verb are-incorrect
IMO-A
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