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Question
Calculate Marshall – Edgeworth’s price index number for the following data:
| Commodity | Base year | Current year | ||
| Price | Quantity | Price | Quantity | |
| P | 12 | 20 | 18 | 24 |
| Q | 14 | 12 | 21 | 16 |
| R | 8 | 10 | 12 | 18 |
| S | 16 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
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Solution
| Commodity | Base year | Current year | p1q0 | p0q0 | p1q1 | p0q1 | ||
| p0 | q0 | p1 | q1 | |||||
| P | 12 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 360 | 240 | 432 | 288 |
| Q | 14 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 252 | 168 | 336 | 224 |
| R | 8 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 120 | 80 | 216 | 144 |
| S | 16 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 300 | 240 | 500 | 400 |
| Total | – | – | – | – | 1032 | 728 | 1484 | 1056 |
P01(M – E) = `(sump_1q_0 + sump_1q_1)/(sump_0q_0 + sump_0q_1) xx 100`
= `(1032 + 1484)/(728 + 1056) xx 100`
= `2516/1784 xx 100`
= 141.03
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