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MacroE Chap 8.4-8.6
terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price level | A measure of the average prices of goods and services in the economy. |
| Inflation rate | The percentage increase in the price level from one year to the next. |
| Consumer Price Index (CPI) | An average of the prices of the goods and services purchased by the typical urban family of four. |
| Another name for CPI | cost-of-living index |
| Calculate Consumer Price Index (CPI) | CPI = (expenditures in current yr/expenditures in base yr) X 100 |
| Calculate Inflation Rate for a year | Inflation rate = percentage increase from year to year. Not % increase from base year. Inf. Rate = (CPI last yr - CPI previous yr)X 100 |
| Producer Price Index (PPI) | An average of the prices received by producers of goods and services at all stages of the production process. |
| Nomminal Interest Rate | The stated interest rate on a loan. |
| Real Interest Rate | The nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate. |
| Deflation | A decline in the price level. |