What is a quantity index? Provide the formula. Using the data below construct a quantity index across time for year 0 as base year prices. Identify the expenditure in each year, the price index, and the inflation rate from the base year. Base prices Year O quantities Year 1 quantities Year 2 quantities Good 1 p°, = 0.7 %1 q*, = 2x, q', = 2.2x, q', = 2.42x, %3D Good 2 p'2 = 1.05 %2 q'2 = 4x2 q'2 = 4.4x2 q°2 = 4.84x2 %3D

Construct the price index for a fruit basket in each year using 2003 as the base year.

A price index for a basket of goods over four years was calculated to be: 2014 = 92, • 2015 =97, • 2016=100, • 2017=107. Calculate the inflation rate for each year so that you will enter: Blank #1 = Inflation Rate for 2015 Blank #2 = Inflation Rate for 2016 • Blank #3 = Inflation Rate for 2017 What is the base year in this scenario? • Blank #4 = Base year for this basket %3D Round to two decimal places Blank # 1 Blank # 2 Blank # 3 Blank # 4

Now you see what the BLS economist do, except with a more complex basket of goods. Now try to construct an index and determine the inflation rate on your own. The table shows the prices of fruit purchased by the typical college student from 2001 to 2004. What is the amount spent each year on the “basket” of fruit with the quantities shown in column 2? (5 points) Items Qty. 2001 2002 2003 2004     Price Amount Spent Price Amount Spent Price Amount Spent Price Amount Spent Apples 10 $0.50   $0.75   $0.85   $0.88   Bananas 12 $0.20   $0.25   $0.25   $0.29   Grapes 2 $0.65   $0.70   $0.90   $0.95   Raspberries 1 $2.00   1.9   2.05   2.13 $2.13 Total                               Construct the price index for a “fruit basket” in each year using 2003 as the base year. (5 points)                   Compute the inflation rate…

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The average price of tuition and fees at private 4-year colleges and universities increased from $8,300 in 1991 to $23,000 in 2006. Calculate the relative change in price from 1991 to 2006 and compare it to the overall rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index. Average tuition and fees in private 4-year colleges and universities increased by ■%. (Round to the nearest integer as needed.) Average Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) (1982- 1984=100) Year CPI Year CPI Year CPI 1976 56.9 1989 124.0 2001 177.1 1977 60.6 1990 130.7 2002 179.9 1978 65.2 1991 136.2 2003 184.0 1979 72.6 1992 140.3 2004 188.9 1980 82.4 1993 144.5 2005 1981 90.9 1994 148.2 2006 1982 96.5 1995 152.4 2007 1983 99.6 1996 156.9 1984 103.9 1997 160.5 2009 1985 107.6 1998 163.0 2010 109.6 1999 166.6 2011 1986 1987 113.6 2000 172.2 2012 1988 118.3 195.3 201.6 207.3 2008 215.3 214.5 218.1 224.9 229.6

In Zimbabwe the rate of inflation hit 90 sextillion percent in 2009, with prices increasing tenfold every day. At that rate, how much would a $100 textbook cost one week later? Hint: Use the following equation to calculate future price: Future price = (current price) x (inflation rate)', where t is the number of days in the future. billion

The table below shows products purchased by a representative household over the years 2022 and 2023: Items X Y Z 2022 Price $2 $1 $3 Quantity 25 12 15 OF SOCI 2023 Price $2.20 $1.10 $3.30 Quantity 28 15 16 (a) Calculate the consumer price index (CPI) for the year 2022 and 2023, taking 2022 as the base year, and determine the inflation rate between 2022 and 2023. (b) Does this inflation rate measure the actual change in cost of living encountered by households accurately? SUSS Explain.

* Constant or real dollars are terms describing income after adjustment for inflation.  Following chart outlines Zara's (parent company Inditex) annual revenue between 2007 - 2021: Based on the revenue and consumer price index outlined, calculate Zara's 2021 revenue in 2007 real dollars. Year Average CPI Sales in Billion US Dollars 2007 207.34 12.93 2008 215.25 15.11 2009 214.56 15.55 2010 218.08 16.64 2011 224.92 18.94 2012 229.59 20.51 2013 232.95 22.38 2014 236.72 23.75 2015 237.00 23.20 2016 240.01 25.45 2017 245.12 28.91 2018 251.10 30.81 2019 255.65 31.54 2020 258.85 23.55 2021 270.97 31.76               22.74 Billion USD 41.5 Billion USD 31.76 Billion USD 24.3 Billion USD 9.89 Billion USD

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