Consider an economy that produces and consumes bread and cars.   Year 2010 Year 2017       Price of a car $ 50,000 $ 60,000 Price of a loaf of bread $ 10 $ 20 Number of cars produced 100 120 Number of loaves of bread produced 500,000 400,000   Using the year 2010 as the base year, compute the following statistics for each year: nominal GDP, real GDP, the implicit price deflator for GDP, and a fixed-weight price index such as CPI (Consumer Price Index). How much have prices risen between year 2010 and year 2017?

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Consider an economy that produces and consumes bread and cars.

 

Year 2010

Year 2017

 

 

 

Price of a car

$ 50,000

$ 60,000

Price of a loaf of bread

$ 10

$ 20

Number of cars produced

100

120

Number of loaves of bread produced

500,000

400,000

 

  1. Using the year 2010 as the base year, compute the following statistics for each year: nominal GDP, real GDP, the implicit price deflator for GDP, and a fixed-weight price index such as CPI (Consumer Price Index).
  2. How much have prices risen between year 2010 and year 2017?
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