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EC 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Hyperinflation

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University of Oregon
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Economics
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EC 202
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Jeff Allen

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Unemployment insurance: payments unemployed people receive from the government. Consumer price index (cpi): a price index that measures the cost of a fixed basket of goods chosen to represent the consumption pattern of a typical consumer: good measure of the cost of living. ***cpi in a year x = cost of basket in year x divided by cost of basket in base year times 100*** Inflation rate: the percentage rate of change in the price level: the percentage of change of a price index.

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Related Questions

Suppose, in the base year, a typical market basket purchased by an urban family costs $250. In Year 1, the same market basket cost $950. What is the consumer price index (CPI) for Year 1? If the same market basket costs $1,000 in Year 2, what is the CPI for Year 2? What was the Year 2 rate of inflation? 

Suppose, in the base year, a typical market basket purchased by an urban family costs $250. In Year 1, the same market basket cost $950. What is the consumer price index (CPI) for Year 1? If the same market basket costs $1,000 in Year 2, what is the CPI for Year 2? What was the Year 2 rate of inflation? 

Table 24-7. The table below applies to an economy with only two goods — hamburgers and hot dogs. The fixed basket consists of 4 hamburgers and 8 hot dogs.

Year Price of hamburgers Price of hot dogs
2009 $5 $3
2010 5.50 3.30
2011 5.61 3.63

Refer to Table 24-7. Between 2009 and 2011, the cost of living increased by

A. 17 percent.
B. 14 percent.
C. 19 percent.
D. 6 percent.

The CPI is more commonly used as a gauge of inflation than the GDP deflator is because

A. the CPI is calculated more often than the GDP deflator is.
B. the CPI is easier to measure.
C. the GDP deflator cannot be used to gauge inflation.
D. the CPI better reflects the goods and services bought by consumers.

A COLA automatically raises the wage when:

A. the consumer price index increases.
B. the producer price index increases.
C. taxes increase.
D. GDP increases.