Macroeconomics
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- Please explain how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is calculated and critically evaluate its merits as a measure of inflation.arrow_forwardEnlighten at least two reasons of the CPI as an imperfect measure of the cost of living.arrow_forwardWhat is the current inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index? You can use either the February or March 2022 figure. Describe the pattern of the Consumer Price Index since the beginning of 2020. Describe the pattern of the CPI since 2010. (Hint: Utilize Trading Economics (Links to an external site.) or FRED (Links to an external site.) to get the data. Please note that the inflation rate is not the same thing as the level of the CPI. The inflation rate is measured as the percentage change in the level of the CPI during a period of time.arrow_forward
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- The biggest problem with constructing the CPI is that the basket of goods that the typical consumer buys keeps changing. the monetary base keeps changing the velocity of money is constant the base year is arbitraryarrow_forwardDescribe the three problems that make the CPI animperfect measure of the cost of living.arrow_forwardExplain how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is calculated and critically evaluate its merits as a measure of inflation (approx 250 words)arrow_forward
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