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Calculate the RPI and the required income adjustment given the basket of goods and their prices for two years.
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5 stepslet's calculate the Retail Price Index (RPI) and the necessary income adjustment.
Part a· 3 steps
What is the numerical value of the RPI?
Calculate the total weighted price for Year 1.
We multiply the weight of each good by its price in Year 1 and sum them up.
Calculate the total weighted price for Year 2.
We multiply the weight of each good by its price in Year 2 and sum them up.
Calculate the RPI.
The formula for the RPI is:
Part b
If a person earns 10,000 per week in year one, by how much should his income increase so as to maintain the same living standard?
Calculate the percentage increase in prices (inflation rate).
The percentage increase in prices is the RPI minus 100.
Calculate the required income increase.
To maintain the same living standard, the person's income must increase by the same percentage as the inflation rate.
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