The FRED CPI Index (Table 15–3) can be used to predict the price of household items over the years. In 2011, Sandy and Malcolm purchased a combo clothes washing machine and dryer for $800. Assume it is now 2018 and the combo system has experienced a serious failure and must be replaced immediately. If the CPI index continued to change at the same linear rate as it did between 2014 and 2015, estimate the cost of a similar combo washer and dryer in 2018.
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Index in 2011 was 227.2
Index in 2014 was 236.5
Index in 2015 was 238.0
Difference from 2104 to 2015 was 1.5
Estimated index in 2018 is 238.0 + 3(1.5) = 242.5
C2018 = C2011(I2018/I2011)
= 800(242.5/227.2)
= $854
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