Chapter 11 Crossword
Across
- 2. a measure of the level of prices of all new, domestically produced, final goods and services in an economy.
- 3. The group of things that consumers buy
- 7. the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising.
- 8. measures the cost of living.
- 10. Increases variety.
- 13. Buy goods that become cheaper.
- 15. is a technique to adjust income payments by means of a price index, in order to maintain the purchasing power of the public after inflation
- 16. CPI this year - CPI last year / ? x 100
- 17. amount in year T dollars x CPI today / ?
Down
- 1. improvements in the quality of goods in the basket increases the value of each dollar.
- 4. ?-CPI last year / CPI last year x 100
- 5. the interest rate before taking inflation into account.
- 6. Included in CPI.
- 8. amount in year T dollars x ? / CPI in year T
- 9. 100 x cost of basket in current year / cost of basket in base year.
- 11. excluded from CPI.
- 12. the lowest wage permitted by law or by a special agreement
- 14. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- 16. Cost of living adjustments.