Table 2: The table below provides information about a fictio…
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Tаble 2: The tаble belоw prоvides infоrmаtion about a fictional economy in which the typical consumer’s basket consists of 12 pairs of socks and 4 pairs of gloves. Refer to table 2. If the consumer purchased the CPI basket, the cost of the basket was lowest in year [word1], with a total value of $[word2]. Under the assumption that the base year is year [word3], the CPI was 90.42 in year 3. If the base year is year 3, CPI in year 2 is [word4] and the CPI inflation rate between year 2 and year 3 is [word5] percent. If the consumer purchased 15 pairs of socks and 2 pairs of gloves in year 3, then the actual cost of basket in year 3 is $[word6] and the change in the cost of the basket the consumer actually purchased between year 2 and year 3 is, therefore, [word7] percent, which evidences that CPI overstated inflation in year 3 by [word8] percentage points. An analysis of the reasons why the consumer decided to purchase a different basket in year 3 suggests that this is due to a change in [word9], which implies that the overstatement of CPI inflation is likely associated with the problem of [word10]. Meanwhile, an increase in the prices of socks and gloves will [word11] since those items are [word12], and will [word13] since those items are [word14].
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