In: Economics
1.
Consider the following data for the following economy,
where there only two goods: wine and cheese. In the
following table are data for three different years. Use the
first year, 2016, as the base year in calculating real
GDP, the GDP deflator, and the CPI.
2016
2017
2018
P
Q
P
Q
P
Q
Wine
$2.50
25
$3.50
30
$ 4.00
35
Cheese
$7.00
20
$9.00
20
$ 10.00
25
a.
Calculate the inflation rate b
etween 2016
and 2017 and then between 2017 and 2018
using
a Laspeyres
index (call it the CPI
).
b. Calculate
the inflation rate between 201
6 and 2017 and then
between 2017 and 2018
using
a Paasche index
(call it the
GDP deflator
).
c.
Calculate the growth rate of
nominal GDP between 2016 and 2017
and then between 2017 and 2018.
d. Calculate the grow
th rate of real GDP between 2016 and 2017
and then between 201
7 and 2018.