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    Consumer Price Index Consumer Price Index (CPI) in India comprises multiple series classified based on different economic groups. There are four series 1. CPI UNME (Urban Non-Manual Employee) 2. CPI AL (Agricultural Labourer) 3. CPI RL (Rural Labourer) 4. CPI IW (Industrial Worker) Central Statistical Organization is responsible for calculating and publishing the CPI UNME series‚ while Department of Labour is for others CPI indexes. All above CPI’s are calculated based on the base

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    3. Price and Supply Inflation Trend 3.1. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based annual inflation rate that had earlier shown rising trend since the FY 2005/06 and attained highest point of 12.6 percent in the FY 2008/09 has come down in the last two fiscal years. Although‚ inflation rate had stood below 5.0 percent for about half a decade prior to the FY 2005/06. Both the internal and external causes have influenced the rise in inflation rate in the past few years. Frequent closures‚ strikes

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    What methods of Index Number calculation is used to calculate Cost of Living Index (CLI). An index number measures the relative change in the price‚ quantity‚ value or some other item of interest from one time period to another. It is found by calculating the ratio of the current value to the value at another time point or at a different geographical location. The different types of simple index that are used are - Price Relative‚ Quantity Relative‚ Value Relative. A price index is a weighted

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    The Cost Of Living The Subsidies is mean that the sum of money that give from government for support the people that live in that country so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive. For example‚ our country‚ Malaysia ‚the government also give the subsidies like every people in our country can take a sum of money for help the family that got financial problem‚ for student in secondary school‚ they can get about Rm50 to buy their books for study‚ a family or the eldest

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    Week I Quiz Results/Answers ECO561 1. Revenue increases when * producer surplus increases 2. An increase in the price of an inelastic good * increases revenues 3. Price elasticity of Demand increases when * people become less price sensitive over time 4. The purpose of a market in a market system is to * bring buyers and sellers into contact 5. By specializing in the production of one good‚ a company is able to benefit from economies of scale which increases its revenue. Which

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    ’’’Cost of living’’’ is the [[cost]] of maintaining a certain [[standard of living]]. Changes in the cost of living over time are often operationalized in a [[cost of living index]]. Cost of living calculations are also used to compare the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living in different geographic areas. Geographic differences in cost of living can be measured in terms of [[purchasing power parity]] rates. ==Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)== Employment contracts‚ pension benefits

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    Questions 1. Suppose the price of coffee beans increases by $0.20 per pound. What is the effect of this raw material price increase on the demand for roasted coffee? If one pound produces 50 cups of coffee‚ would the price of a cup of coffee rising by $0.01? Explain. Price of the product comes from the production of the goods all the way till it hits the market shelf. So when the price of the product like coffee increases during the productivity of the product then the end cost could increase too. Changes

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    Summer2011-Microeconomics-Exam Two Practice 1. To calculate the total utility of consuming N products:  A. add the additional satisfaction of consuming each product up to N and multiply by its price. B. add the total satisfactions of consuming each product up to N. C. multiply the additional satisfaction from consuming the Nth product by its price. D. multiply total satisfaction from consuming N products by N.   2. Suppose that the following table lists the utility that Steve receives from consuming oranges at 50

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    COMPARATIVE STUDY ON INDEX AND STOCK PRICE MOVEMENT OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES IN EQUITY MARKET AT SHAREKHAN CHAPTER – 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER: 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 INDEX AND STOCK PRICE MOVING AVERAGE Individual stock price is compared

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    the price level‚ measures how much more expensive a set of goods and services has become over a certain period‚ usually a year. Consumers believe that low stable and predictable inflation is best for economy‚ too high and too low are not good. Measuring Inflation: To measure the average consumers cost of living‚ government agencies conduct household surveys to identify a basket of commonly purchase items and then track the cost of purchasing this basket over time. Consumer Price Index: (CPI)

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