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(25 Marks) : Table 1

The document provides information about calculating a consumer price index (CPI) for Country A in 2016. It discusses reasons why the CPI may not accurately reflect cost of living changes and identifies years of deflation and disinflation in Country B based on CPI data. It also addresses the effects of deflation on unemployment using an AD/AS diagram and the impacts of a sugar tax imposed by the government of Country C.

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(25 Marks) : Table 1

The document provides information about calculating a consumer price index (CPI) for Country A in 2016. It discusses reasons why the CPI may not accurately reflect cost of living changes and identifies years of deflation and disinflation in Country B based on CPI data. It also addresses the effects of deflation on unemployment using an AD/AS diagram and the impacts of a sugar tax imposed by the government of Country C.

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CPI [25 marks]

The following information provides a simplified version of the calculation of a


consumer price index (CPI).
In Country A, the rate of inflation is measured by the calculation of a CPI. The
index is calculated using the five products which are purchased by citizens of
Country A as representative of a “typical basket of goods”.
The weighting given to each product is based on the quantities of each product
purchased by the average household in Country A per week.
Table 1

Assume that 2015 is the base year for the purpose of calculating the CPI.

1a. Calculate the consumer price index (CPI) for Country A in 2016. [3 marks]
1b. State two reasons why the CPI may not accurately reflect changes in the [2 marks]
cost of living for citizens of Country A.

In Country B, the values of the CPI between 2008 and 2012 are given in the
following table.
Table 2

1c. Using the data in Table 2 to support your answer, identify one year in [2 marks]
which Country B experienced deflation and one year in which Country B
experienced disinflation.
1d. In Country B, nominal per capita GDP is $800 per month in 2010 and [2 marks]
$940 per month in 2012. Using the CPI in Table 2 as a deflator,
calculate the percentage change in real per capita GDP from 2010 to 2012.
1e. Using an AD/AS diagram, explain one reason why deflation may lead to [4 marks]
a higher level of unemployment.
The following diagram illustrates the annual demand and supply for sugar in
Country C.

In order to reduce the consumption of sugar, the government of Country C has


decided to impose an indirect tax. As a result, the new market supply curve for
sugar is given by the function
Qs = – 450 + 5P
where Qs is the quantity of sugar supplied, in thousands of tonnes per year, and P
is the price of sugar in dollars ($) per tonne.

1f. On the diagram, plot and label the new supply curve for sugar. [2 marks]

1g. State the size of the tax per tonne of sugar. [1 mark]
1h. Calculate the producer surplus which will be earned following the [2 marks]
imposition of the tax.

1i. Determine the incidence of the tax per tonne on producers of sugar in [1 mark]
Country C.

1j. With reference to the distribution of income, distinguish between equity [2 marks]
and equality.
1k. Explain, using an appropriate example, why it might be argued that an [4 marks]
indirect tax is not equitable.

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