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Run the inflation numbers

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Correct
    6.5
    Choices
    1. 6.5
    2. 0.5
    3. 9.8
  2. Correct
    0.5
    Choices
    1. 6.5
    2. 0.5
    3. 9.8
  3. Correct
    9.8
    Choices
    1. 6.5
    2. 0.5
    3. 9.8
  4. Correct
    Housing
    Choices
    1. Housing
    2. Food
    3. Apparel
  5. Correct
    Food
    Choices
    1. Housing
    2. Food
    3. Apparel
  6. Correct
    Apparel
    Choices
    1. Housing
    2. Food
    3. Apparel
Instructions
Student basket inflation % in periods 2, 3, 4; then CPI weight: 42.7 percent, 15.3 percent, 3.3 percent.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses 2e, Chapter 8, Inflation (CC BY 4.0)._
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