Product Quantity Price   Year 1 Cereal 1,000 $1.00 Beef 700 $2.00 Doughnuts 600 $0.50   Year 2 Cereal 1,400 $1.10 Beef 600 $2.50 Doughnuts 500 $0.75 year 1 is the base year, what is the consumer price index (CPI) in year 2? If year 1 is the base year, what is the inflation rate between year 1 and 2?

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Chapter 5: Chain-type growth rate, GDP deflator, Consumer Price Index (CPI), and Inflation

 

Product

Quantity

Price

 

Year 1

Cereal

1,000

$1.00

Beef

700

$2.00

Doughnuts

600

$0.50

 

Year 2

Cereal

1,400

$1.10

Beef

600

$2.50

Doughnuts

500

$0.75

  1. year 1 is the base year, what is the consumer price index (CPI) in year 2?
  1. If year 1 is the base year, what is the inflation rate between year 1 and 2?

 

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