PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS(LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9781260110920
Author: Frank
Publisher: MCG
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Explain the impact of inflation in the real return on holding cash.
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10.9)At an international meeting of consumer advocates for price control, a comparison of CPI growth was made to understand the cost increases that inflation imposes on citizens in the United states, Mexico, and turckey. The annual CPI percentages are shown for 2 years a)If the base spending level for the year 2016 was set at $1000 per household in each country for comparison purposes, develop a table and graph of the resulting costs for 2017 and 2018. b) what is the percentage difference in 2018 between the united states and Turkey?
CPI Value, %
year USA Mexico Turkey
2017 2.10 6.77 11.92
2018 1.90 4.83 20.30
Inflation is expected to be 3% in the coming year. If Mr. Gonza earned $45,000 this year, how much must he earn in the following year to keep up with inflation and maintain a balance between his income and his increasing expenditures? (Show all work.)
Suppose Cho is a cinephile and buys only movie tickets. Cho deposits $3,000 in a bank account that pays an annual nominal interest rate of 10%. Assume this interest rate is fixed—that is, it won't change over time. At the time of her deposit, a movie ticket is priced at $15.00.
For each of the annual inflation rates given in the following table, first determine the new price of a movie ticket, assuming it rises at the rate of inflation. Then enter the corresponding purchasing power of Cho's deposit after one year in the first row of the table for each inflation rate. Finally, enter the value for the real interest rate at each of the given inflation rates.
Hint: Round your answers in the first row down to the nearest movie ticket. For example, if you find that the deposit will cover 20.7 movie tickets, you would round the purchasing power down to 20 movie tickets under the assumption that Cho will not buy seven-tenths of a movie ticket.
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PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS(LOOSELEAF)
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