Worked Examples · Example 3
Q.
A household spends on four items as shown below. The base-year (2020) and current-year (2024) prices are given, along with the percentage of the household's total budget spent on each item in the base year (its weight ). Compute the Cost of Living Index for 2024.
| Item | (Rs.) | (Rs.) | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food | 50 | 65 | 40 |
| Clothing | 40 | 50 | 20 |
| Fuel | 30 | 42 | 15 |
| Housing | 100 | 130 | 25 |
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →The Family Budget Method first computes each item's own price relative, :
Next, multiply each item's price relative by its own budget weight :
The weights already sum to . Substituting into the Cost of Living Index formula:
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