Inflation is a general increase in prices and may be measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Use Appendix A to answer the questions.a. In Year 1 the CPI was 100; 30 years later, it was 239. What was the annual rate of inflation? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.%

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Consider the following table for a seven-year period: Returns Year U.S. Treasury Bills Inflation 3.55% -1.17% 1234567 3.40 4.30 4.72 2.52 1.40 1.13 Average real return -2.31 -1.21 0.63 -6.45 -9.37 -1.32 What was the average real return for Treasury bills for this time period? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) %
Assume the CPI increases from 139.2 to 142.6 over the period. What is the inflation rate implied by this CPI change over this period? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
The real rate is 4 percent and the inflation rate is 5.6 percent. What rate would you expect to see on a Treasury bill? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
An analyst gathered the following year-end price level data for an economy: 2014 2018 2019 191 207.3 213.8 a. What is the economy's annual inflation rate for 2019? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Inflation rate % b. What is the average compounded inflation rate for 2014-2019? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Average rate %
If the inflation rate was 3.00% and the nominal interest rate was 4.60% over the last year, what was the real rate of interest over the last year? Disregard cross-product terms; that is, if averaging is required, use the arithmetic average. Round intermediate calculations to four decimal places. 1.84% 1.36% 2.00% 1.60%
For prices that are increasing at an annual rateof 5% the first year and 8% the second year, determine the average inflation rate ( f ) over the twoyears.
If Treasury bills are currently paying 6.25 percent and the inflation rate is 1.8 percent, what is the approximate and the exact real rate of interest? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Approximate real rate Exact real rate % %
If investors are to earn a 3.7% real interest rate, what nominal interest rate must they earn if the inflation rate is: Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Inflation Nominal Interest Rate a. Zero b. 4.7% c. 6.7% Rate % % %
CPI last year 189, and CPI this year is 200, The inflation rate then is?
What is the real interest rate given a nominal rate of 8.7% and an inflation rate of 1.5%? A. 11.3% B. 8.5% C. 7.1% D. 9.9%
Treasury bills are currently paying 9 percent and the inflation rate is 4.5 percent. What is the approximate real rate of interest?
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