Product Quantity Base Year Price (2001) Price (2018) Price (2019) Baseball 10 $1.00 $1.50 $1.75 Pizza 15 $5.00 7.00 $6.75 Table 08 $2.00 3.00 3.50   Consider a simple economy that produces only three products; baseballs, pizzas and tables. Use the information in the table to calculate The CPI for 2001 The inflation rate for 2019, as measured by the consumer price index

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Product

Quantity

Base Year Price (2001)

Price (2018)

Price (2019)

Baseball

10

$1.00

$1.50

$1.75

Pizza

15

$5.00

7.00

$6.75

Table

08

$2.00

3.00

3.50

 

Consider a simple economy that produces only three products; baseballs, pizzas and tables. Use the information in the table to calculate

  1. The CPI for 2001
  2. The inflation rate for 2019, as measured by the consumer price index
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