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The data file basket.xls contains the prices of a basket of food items from 1992 to 2006. Included are the prices (in dollars)for a one-pound loaf of white bread, a pound of beef (ground Chuck), a dozen grade A large eggs, and one pound of iceberg lettuce:
Year Bread Beef Eggs Lettuce
1992 0.726 1.926 0.933 0.573
1993 0.748 1.970 0.898 0.625
1994 0.768 1.892 0.917 0.506
1995 0.767 1.847 0.882 0.821
1996 0.860 1.799 1.155 0.769
1997 0.862 1.850 1.148 0.651
1998 0.855 1.818 1.120 1.072
1999 0.872 1.834 1.053 0.649
2000 0.907 1.903 0.975 0.748
2001 0.982 2.037 1.011 0.736
2002 1.001 2.151 0.973 1.003
2003 1.042 2.131 1.175 0.734
2004 0.946 2.585 1.573 0.876
2005 0.997 2.478 1.211 0.817
2006 1.046 2.607 1.449 0.874
a. Compute the 1992-2006 simple price indexes for bread, beef, eggs, and lettuce, using 1992 as the base year.
b. Recalculate the price indexes in (a), using 1996 as the base year.
c. Compute the 1996-2006 unweighted aggregate price indexes for the basket of these four food items.
d. Compute the 2006 Laspeyres price index for the basket of these four food items for a family that consumed 50 loaves of bread, 22 pounds of beef, 24 dozen eggs, and 18 pounds of lettuce in 1992.
e. Compute the 2006 Paasche price index for the basket of these four food items for a family that consumed 55 loaves of bread, 17 pounds of beef, 20 dozen eggs, and 28 pounds of lettuce in 2006.
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