Assume that people in an economy only consume the following goods shown in the table: Rice Meat Juice Year 1 price P2 P4 P1 Year 1 quantity 100 100 200 Year 2 price P2 P6 P2 Year 2 quantity 100 100 200 Calculate the % change in the price of every goods. Using the same method with the CPI, calculate the % change of the overall price level. If you were to learn that juice increased in size from Year 1 to Year 2, should that information affects your calculation of the inflation rate? If so, how? If you were to learn that juice introduced new flavors in Year 2, should that information affect your calculation of the inflation rate? If so, how?

Assume that people in an economy only consume the following goods shown in the table: Rice Meat Juice Year 1 price P2 P4 P1 Year 1 quantity 100 100 200 Year 2 price P2 P6 P2 Year 2 quantity 100 100...

Assume that people in an economy only consume the following goods shown in the table:

Using the same method with the CPI, calculate the % change of the overall price level.

If you were to learn that juice increased in size from Year 1 to Year 2, should that information affects your calculation of the inflation rate? If so, how?

If you were to learn that juice introduced new flavors in Year 2, should that information affect your calculation of the inflation rate? If so, how?

Jun 09, 2022