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1.The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index is one of the leading indicators of housing price trends in the United States. The base year for the index is January 2000. The following table lists index numbers for May 2016 and May 2017 for five cities.

City

May 2017

May 2016

New York

190.1

182.2

Miami

223.3

212.2

Phoenix

168.6

159.5

Dallas

175.6

162.9

San Diego

238.6

223.9

Real-time data provided by Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis.

Calculate the percentage changes in the price indices from May 2016 to May 2017 for the following cities (enter all values as percentages rounded to one decimal place and include a minus sign if necessary):

New York:

__%

Miami:

__%

Phoenix:__

%

Dallas:

__%

San Diego:

__%

The prices of homes changed the most during this year in:

A. New York.

B. Phoenix

C. Miami

D. San Diego

Based on these numbers, can you determine which city had the most expensive homes in August 2017?

A. Phoenix

B. New York

C. It is not possible to determine this with the information provided.

D. Miami

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Joshua Stredder
Joshua StredderLv10
28 Sep 2019

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