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- The monthly market basket for consumers consists of pizza, t-shirts, and rent. The table below shows market basket quantities and prices for the base year (Year 1) and in the following year. Base Year (Year 1) Quantity Price in the Base Year Price in Product Year 2 Pizza 20 $2.50 $3.13 T-Shirts 4 $20.00 $18.00 Rent 1 $350.00 $385.00 In Year 1, the CPI for the economy is | In Year 2, the CPI for this economy is (Round both answers to one decimal place.)Refer to the figure below. Insurance and pensions 11.9% Item a. Entertainment b. Transportation c. Clothing Housing 32.8% Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey (2018 date). Entertainment 5,3% Item Weight 0.053 0.159 0.03 Transportation 15.9% Health care 8.1% Use the item weights in the figure to determine the percentage change in the CPI that would result from a(n) a. 20 percent increase in entertainment prices. b. 8 percent decrease in transportation costs. c. doubling of clothing prices. (Note: Review the table titled "Computing Changes in the CPI" in your text for assistance.) Instructions: Enter your responses as a percentage rounded to two decimal places. If you are entering any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of those numbers. Price Change 20% -8% 100% Food 12.9% Clothing 3.0% Impact on CPI (Inflation Effect) Miscellaneous 10.1%The CPI (using a 2020 base year) for 2000 is 65.0. Suppose a household's annual take-home pay in 2000 was $48,500. What would be an equivalent take-home pay in 2020?
- The CPI index and the PCE index are both used to measure which of the following interest rates spending O output inflationThe monthly market basket for consumers consists of pizza, t-shirts, and rent. The table below shows market basket quantities and prices for the base year (Year 1) and in the following year Base Year (Year 1) Quantity 10 Price in the Base Year Price in Product Year 2 Pizza $3 13 $2.50 $15.00 $500.00 T-Shirts 2 $13.50 Rent 1 $550 00 In Year 1, the CPI for the economy is (Round both answers to one decimal place.) In Year 2, the CPI for this economy isThe following table shows a hypothetical situation for an economy that uses for an average household of four people a basket of only three products to calculate the consumer price index (CPI) between the years 2015 and 2018. Product Product A 20 Product B Product C 98 100 131 133 50 2015 4 Quantity Price $50 $52 $56 $100 55 $105 61 $113 $1,200 5 $1,210 5 $1,230 If the base year is 2015, what is the value of the consumer price index in 2015? (round to the closest integer) a 22 2016 P Q 23 2017 P Q $55 $111 $1,225 22 62 2018 5 P
- The following table gives the CPI basket for 2000 and 2001. Suppose that 2000 is the reference base period: Item Quantity Price Price (2000) (2000) (2001) Oranges 50 $0.90 $0.75 Bananas 100 $0.50 $0.95 Chicken 200 $2.00 $2.50 Beef 100 $5.00 $4.80 Bread 300 $1.75 $2.00 a. What is the cost of the CPI basket in 2000? b. What is the cost of the CPI basket in 2001? c. What is the CPI for 200O?The average price of milk per gallon was $1.85 in 1980 and $4.53 in 2017. The consumer price index was 132.4 in 1980 and 231.7 in 2017. Therefore, the real price of milk in 2017 expressed in 1980 dollars was......Insurance and pensions 11.9% Item a. Entertainment b. Transportation c. Clothing Housing 32.8% Entertainment 5.3% Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey (2018 data). 0.053 0.159 0.03 Transportation 15.9% Health care 8.1% Use the item weights in the figure to determine the percentage change in the CPI that would result from a(n) a. 20 percent increase in entertainment prices. b. 8 percent decrease in transportation costs. c. doubling of clothing prices. (Note: Review the table titled "Computing Changes in the CPI" in your text for assistance.) Instructions: Enter your responses as a percentage rounded to two decimal places. If you are entering any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of those numbers. Item Weight Price Change (Inflation Effect) Impact on CPI 20% -8% 100% Food 12.9% Clothing 3.0% Miscellaneous 10.1%
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