1.1 Consider an economy that produces and consumes bread and automobiles. The following table contains data for two different years: Year 2000 S40,000 Year 2010 $50,000 Price of an automobile Price of a loaf of bread S1.50 $2.50 Number of automobiles produced Number of loaves of bread produced 100 120 5,000,000 4,000,000 Using the year 2000 as the base year, compute the following statistics for each year: nominal GDP, real GDP, the implicit price deflator for GDP, and a fixed-weight price index such as the CPI. 1.2 List and explain (one or two sentences each) the differences between the CPI Index and the GDP Deflator. Which do you believe is a better measure of actual inflation in the U.S? Why?

1.1 Consider an economy that produces and consumes bread and automobiles. The following table contains data for two different years: Year 2000 S40,000 Year 2010 $50,000 Price of an automobile Price of a loaf of bread S1.50 $2.50 Number of automobiles produced Number of loaves of bread produced 100 120 5,000,000 4,000,000 Using the year 2000 as the base year, compute the following statistics for each year: nominal GDP, real GDP, the implicit price deflator for GDP, and a fixed-weight price index such as the CPI. 1.2 List and explain (one or two sentences each) the differences between the CPI Index and the GDP Deflator. Which do you believe is a better measure of actual inflation in the U.S? Why?

Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781337091985

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

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Chapter7: Production And Growth

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