Inflation is a general increase in prices and may be measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The following problem is related to price increases: 1. Your parents bought a home for $50,000 in 1982 and sold it in 2012 for $250,000. What was the annual rate of price increase over the 30 years?

You are pleased to see that you have been given a 4.55% raise this year.​ However, you read on the Wall Street Journal Web site that inflation over the past year has been 2.37%. How much better off are you in terms of real purchasing​ power? ​(Note: Be careful not to round any intermediate steps less than six decimal​ places.)

A small country is experiencing hyperinflation of 56% per month. A) By what percent have prices climbed after 5 months? B) If an item currently costs $14, how much will it cost after 1 year of such inflation? Text so i can copy it

You are pleased to see that you have been given a 5.62% raise this year. However, you read on the Wall Street Journal Web site that inflation over the past year has been 2.17%. How much better off are you in terms of real purchasing power? (Note: Be careful not to round any intermediate steps less than six decimal places.) Your real purchasing power is _____%. (Round to two decimal places.)

In October 2017 a pound of apples cost $1.47, while oranges cost $1.11. Four years earlier the price of apples was only $1.26 a pound and that if oranges was $0.97 a pound. What was the annual compound rate of growth in the price of apples? What was the annual compound rate of growth in the price of oranges? if the same rates of growth persist in the future, what will be the price of apples / oranges in 2030?

Laureen Mauer’s salary a yearago was $52,000. If inflation during theyear was 3.5 percent in Tampa whereshe lives, how much of a decline in herpurchasing power occurred? Also, whatwould be her purchasing power if deflationof 1 percent occurred?

An antique index started at 100 and returned 16.67% per year over the next 20 years. What is the ending value of the index? A basket of groceries Increased at a rate of 4.28% a year, from $605 to $1000. What is the length of time over which the change in price was measured?

In 1982 the inflation rate hit 16%. Suppose that the average cost of a textbook in 1982 was $25. What was the expected cost in the year 2017 if we project this rate of inflation on the cost? (Assume continuous compounding. Round your answer to the nearest cent.) If the average cost of a textbook in 2012 was $175, what is the actual inflation rate (rounded to the nearest tenth percent)?

Hyperinflation is indicated by all of the following, except: a. The general population prefers to keep its wealthy in nonmonetary assets. b. Interest rates, wages and prices are linked to a price index. c. The cumulative inflation rate over three years is approaching or exceeds 100%. d. All of the choices indicate hyperinflation.

Suppose the inflation rate is predicted to be 2.4% this year. If it cost a family $6800 for groceries last year, what will it likely cost them this year?