Question: 3 . Abby consumes only apples. 2 0 2 2 Green apple Red apple P 2 0 2 2 ( unit price ) $ 2

3. Abby consumes only apples.
2022 Green apple Red apple
P2022(unit price) $2 $1
Q2022(quantity)010
2023
P2023(unit price) $1 $2
Q2023(quantity)100
a. Compute the CPI for apples for each year. Assume that year 2022 is the base year in which the consumer basket is fixed.
b. According to your work on CPI price index, by how much the price has changed from year 2022 to year 2023(in percent)?
c. Compute the GDP deflator for each year. Again assume that year 2022 is the base year and use prices of 2022 as base year prices, and that green and red apples are the only produced in this economy. So compute the real GDP and nominal GDP (for real GDP, we follow the traditional definition, NOT chain-weighted method) so that you can get the GDP deflator.
d. According to your work on GDP deflator index, by how much the price has changed from year 2022 to year 2023(in percent)?
e. Suppose Abby is equally happy eating red or green apples. How much the true cost of living increased for Abby? Compare this answer to your answers to (b) and (d). What does this example tell you about Laspeyres and Paasche indexes?

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