Chapter 22: Q. 9 (page 552)
How should an increase in inflation affect the interest rate on an adjustable-rate mortgage?
An increase in inflation affects the interest rate on an adjustable-rate mortgage by reducing the interest rate.
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Name several forms of indexing in the private and
public sector.
Table 9.4 shows the fruit prices that the typical college student purchased from 2001 to 2004. What is the amount spent each year on the “basket” of fruit with the quantities shown in column ?
The Consumer Price Index is subject to the substitution bias and the quality/new goods bias. Are the Producer Price Index and the GDP Deflator also subject to these biases? Why or why not?
Describe a situation, either a government policy situation, an economic problem, or a private sector situation, where using the GDP deflator to convert from nominal to real would be more appropriate than using the CPI.
Why does the “quality/new goods bias” arise if we calculate the inflation rate based on a fixed basket of
goods?
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