Suppose you know the value of the consumer price index in year 1 as well as the inflation rate in year 2. Which of the following equations is valid for the CPI in year 2? CPI in year 2= (Inflation rate in year 2/CPI in year 1) +CPI in year 1)/100.
Suppose you know the value of the consumer price index in year 1 as well as...
suppose you know the value of the consumer price index in year 1 as well as the inflation rate in year 2. which of the following equations is valid for the cpi in year 2?
Suppose that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a widely used measure of inflation in the U.S., rose from 100 in one year to 120 during the next year. The rate of inflation between the two (2) years is A. 120%. B. 220%. C. 20%. D. Cannot be determined without further information.
Use the table below on the Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) to answer the following questions. The base year is 2002. (1 mark each) YEAR 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 CPI 125.2 126.6 128.4 130.4 133.4 136.0 2019 1. How much is the CPI in 2002? 2. Which year had the highest inflation rate? What was the inflation rate in that year? 3. What was the inflation rate in 2019?
ASSIGNMENT #5 9. One way the consumer price index (CPI) differs from the GDP chain price index is that the CPI: uses current year quantities of goods and services b. a. includes separate market baskets of goods and services for both base and current years. includes only goods and services bought by typical urban consumers. d. C. is bias free. 10. Suppose a market basket of goods and services costs $1,000 in the base year and the consumer price index...
2. Consumer Price Index and Real Price Index: Over a four-year period, the prices of mangoes PM (in dollars) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) are given below: Year CPI Price of Mangoes (PM) 1991 : cpi=94 , p=14 ; 1992: cpi=100 , p=15 ; 1993: cpi= 105 , p=16 ; 1994: cpi= 115 , p=17 2.1.Which year is the base year for CPI? Use this same base year for mangoes. 2.2.Calculate the nominal price index for mangoes. 2.3.Calculate the...
Question 4 0.25 pts 4. The consumer price index (CPI) is 150 in year 1, 156 in year 2, and 160 in year 3. What is the inflation rate for year 2? Round to nearest whole percentage. a. 3% b.4% O c.6% O d. 7% Question 5 0.25 pts 5. Which of the following is NOT a cost of inflation? a. unexpected redistribution of wealth and income b. reduction in the value of cash that is held c. higher real...
Suppose that the consumer price index (CPI) was 200 in 2018 and 208.2 in 2019. What was the inflation rate between 2018 and 2019? A. zero B. 4.28% C. 8% D. -4.28% E. -4.10% F. 4.10%
Use the information in the table to calculate a consumer price
index (CPI) and the inflation rate. The base year is 1975. Round
answers to two decimal places.
Market basket
Quantity
1975 prices
1976 prices
A dozen eggs
29
$1.10
$1.70
Calculator
19
$15.00
$17.00
Microwave oven
9
$180.00
$230.00
What is the CPI for 1975?
What is the CPI for 1976?
What is the inflation rate for 1976?
Use the information in the table to calculate a consumer price...
2) The CPI (Consumer Price Index) of an economy is 100 in 2010. The inflation rate in 2011 is 10 percent and the inflation rate in 2012 is minus 10 percent (thus it is deflation to be exact). Which of the followings is correct: a) CP2o10 CPl2o12 b) CP/2010CPl2012 c) CPl2010 < CP/2012 Explain your answer.
1. Answer the following questions regarding the Consumer Price Index For the CPI values shown below, calculate the rate of inflation (please round to first decimal place) in each year from 1930 to 1933. a. Year 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 CPI 51.3 50.0 45.6 40.9 38.8 b. Look up Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items (CPIAUCSL) on the St. Louis Fed's data site (FRED). Convert the CPI index series from 1948 to 2018 into inflation rates...