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The table below shows the consumer price index of a country from 2008 to 2017.
YEAR |
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (2017 = 100) |
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 |
88.9 93.1 96.4 100.0 103.4 107.0 109.9 95.8 98.5 100.0 |
(a) Calculate the rate of inflation from year 2009 to 2017.
(10)
(b) Illustrate the rate of inflation using an appropriate graph.
(5)
(c) State the year with the highest rate of inflation.
(2)
C = 500 + 0.5Yd T = 100 G = 100
I = 100 X = 100 M = 50 + 0.2Y
1. (a) The table would be as below. The inflation would be calculated as .
Year | Inflation (%) |
2009 | 4.7244 |
2010 | 3.5446 |
2011 | 3.7344 |
2012 | 3.4 |
2013 | 3.4816 |
2014 | 2.7103 |
2015 | -12.8298 |
2016 | 2.8184 |
2017 | 1.5228 |
(b) The graph would be as below.
(c) As can be seen from the graph and the table, the highest rate of inflation is at the year 2009.
2. (a) The aggregate expenditure would be . We have or or . Putting the values, we have or or .
The equilibrium output would be where the AE is equal to the GDP : Y, ie. or or or or or , which is the required level of national income in equilibrium.