Question

Laurasia has identified the following goods as its market basket. Here are the prices of those goods over three years.

Answer 1

Answer:

• 2015 = $94
• 2016 = $128.50
• 2017 = $115

Explanation:

A Market Basket is used to calculate inflation overtime by tracking the change in prices of a specific and permanent number of goods and services.

The formula for calculating the market basket is;

Cost of Market Basket$_{year}$ = ∑(Price of good * Basket Quantity of good)

2015

Cost of Market Basket = (25 * 0.4) + (2 * 18) + ( 4 * 12)

Cost of Market Basket = 10 + 36 + 48

Cost of Market Basket = $94

2016

Cost of Market Basket = (25 * 0.5) + (2 * 22) + ( 4 * 18)

Cost of Market Basket = 12.5 + 44 + 72

Cost of Market Basket = $128.50

2017

Cost of Market Basket = (25 * 0.6) + (2 * 20) + ( 4 * 15)

Cost of Market Basket = 15 + 40 + 60

Cost of Market Basket = $115