Question

4. Suppose the economy of Stockton produces four goods: strawberries, ice cream, sushi, andcoolers. However, consumers only purchase strawberries, ice cream, and sushi. Coolers are a final good, but are only used by ice cream trucks to store ice cream. The total production of all final goods is given in the table below: Year Strawberries Ice Cream Quantity Price ($ per unit) Quantity Price ($ per unit) 2010 8 $4 10 $2 2011 9 $5 14 $2 2012 10 $6 18 $3 Year Quantity Sushi Price ($ per unit) Coolers Quantity Price ($ per unit) 2010 12 $3 1 $12 2011 12 $3 2 $8 2012 15 $4 8 $2 (a) Using 2010 as the base year, calculate the value of the CPI in each year, and thencalculate the rate of inflation based on the CPI for all years (i.e., inflation rate from 2010 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2012). (b) Keeping in mind that the GDP deflator is a fixed-prices measure (fixed in the base year),calculate nominal GDP and real GDP for each year using 2010 as the base year. Using the expression for the GDP deflator, calculate the value of the GDP deflator in each year, then calculate the rate of inflation based on the GDP deflator for all years (i.e., inflation rate from 2010 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2012). (c) The following table gives the average nominal wage (in thousands) of workers in Stockton. In which year did they have the highest real wage?