Complete the following table:   Quantity 2018 Price 2018 Cost 2019 Price 2019 Cost Books 2 $75   $95   Equipment 4 $105   $65   Travel 2 $450   $235   Hockey games 8 $150   $100   Meals 8 $65   $45   Total                 Your Answer  and Calculations   If 2018 is the base year, what is the price index for that year?         What is the price index for 2019?         What happened to prices between 2018 and 2019? What is this called?             By how much did prices change between 2018 and 2019?           Suppose that the price index for 2021 was 102.6. How much inflation occurred between 2019 and 2021?     What was the average annual price change over this two-year period?       If your nominal income does not change between 2018 and 2019, what can be said about your level of real income? You only need one sentence to explain this.

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Complete the following table:

 

Quantity

2018 Price

2018 Cost

2019 Price

2019 Cost

Books

2

$75

 

$95

 

Equipment

4

$105

 

$65

 

Travel

2

$450

 

$235

 

Hockey games

8

$150

 

$100

 

Meals

8

$65

 

$45

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If 2018 is the base year, what is the price index for that year?

 

 

 

 

What is the price index for 2019?

 

 

 

 

What happened to prices between 2018 and 2019? What is this called?

 

 

 

 

 

 

By how much did prices change between 2018 and 2019?

 

 

 

 

 

Suppose that the price index for 2021 was 102.6. How much inflation occurred between 2019 and 2021?

 

 

What was the average annual price change over this two-year period?

 

 

 

If your nominal income does not change between 2018 and 2019, what can be said about your level of real income? You only need one sentence to explain this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expert Solution
Step 1: Table
 Goods   Quantity   2018 Price   2018 Cost   2019 Price   2019 Cost 
Books 2 $75 $150 $95 $190
Equipment 4 $105 $420 $65 $260
Travel 2 $450 $900 $235 $470
Hockey games 8 $150 $1,200 $100 $800
Meals 8 $65 $520 $45 $360
TOTAL 24 845 3190 540 2080

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