PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS(LOOSELEAF)
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Compare the real minimum wage in 2016 and 1950.
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1984 1993 1997
2002
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2008 2011 2015
2.50 2.75 2.80
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A slice of pizza should have cost $ in 2009 if it cost $1.00 in 1984 and prices had risen with the CPI.
(Round to the nearest cent as needed.)
Data table
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1976 56.9
1977 60.6
1978 65.2
1979 72.6
1980 82.4
1981 90.9
1982 96.5
1983 99.6
1984 103.9
1985 107.6
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CPI
CPI
Year
CPI
1996 156.9
Year
1986
109.6
1987 113.6
1988 118.3…
The "pizza connection" refers to the observation that in a major city, the cost of a slice of pizza is always about the same as the subway fare. Using the CPI values from the table
shown below and the CPI table, determine what a slice of pizza should have cost in 2009 if it cost $1.00 in 1984 and prices had risen with the CPI. What does this tell you about how
actual pizza prices changed compared to the CPI?
Year
1984 1993 1997 2002 2008 2011 2015
1.00 1.25 1.50 2.00
2.50
2.75
2.80
1.00 1.15 1.40 2.00 2.60 2.85 3.05
103.9
Click to view the CPI Table.
Pizza Cost
Subway fare
CPI
144.5 160.5 179.9 215.3 224.9
237.0
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A slice of pizza should have cost $ in 2009 if it cost $1.00 in 1984 and prices had risen with the CPI.
(Round to the nearest cent as needed.)
Chapter 6 Solutions
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS(LOOSELEAF)
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