Chapter 8, Problem 2IEE

69. Consumer Price Index (a) The CPI was 163.0 for 1998 and 215.3 for 2008. Assuming that annual inflation remained constant for this time period, determine the average annual inflation rate. (b) Using the inflation rate from part (a), in what year will the CPI reach 300?

An analyst gathered the following year-end price level data for an economy: 2014 2018 2019 a. What is the economy's annual inflation rate for 2019? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Inflation rate 178 194.3 200.8 Average rate % b. What is the average compounded inflation rate for 2014-2019? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) %

Assume the expected inflation rate is 3.9 percent. If the current real rate of interest is 6.6 ​percent, what should the nominal rate of interest​ be?

Find a country that has experienced more than two years of reported negative inflation in the last 10 years, can you suggest why this might have happened?

Inflation, nominal interest rates, and real rates. From 1991 to 2000, the U.S. economy had an annual inflation rate of around 3.88%. The historical annual nominal risk-free rate for this same period was around 5.98%. Using the approximate nominal interest rate equation and the true nominal interest rate equation, compute the real interest rate for that decade. What is the estimated real interest rate using the approximate nominal interest rate equation for that decade? % (Round to two decimal places.)

Will the effective annual rate ever be equal to the nominal (quoted) rate?

Nominal rates are currently 6.75%, and the estimate of expected inflation is 4.23%. Use the (precise) Fisher relationship to estimate the real rate prevailing in the economy.

If the risk-free rate is 2.2 percent, the inflation rate is 1.9 percent, and the market rate of return is 6.8 percent, what is the amount of the risk premium on a U.S. Treasury bill?

Consider the following table for an eight-year period:  Year T-bill return Inflation 1 7.47 % 8.53 % 2 8.94   12.16   3 6.05   6.76   4 5.97   5.04   5 5.63   6.52   6 8.54   8.84   7 10.74   13.11   8 13.00   12.34       Calculate the average return for Treasury bills and the average annual inflation rate (consumer price index) for this period. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)      Average return for Treasury bills  % Average annual inflation rate  %   Calculate the standard deviation of Treasury bill returns and inflation over this time period. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)      Standard deviation of Treasury bills  % Standard deviation of inflation  %    Calculate the real return for each year. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells…