Price of Peaches Price of Pecans Year (Dollars per bushel) (Dollars per bushel) Year 1 11 6 Year2 9 10 Refer to Table 24-1. If Year 1 is the base year, then the inflation rate in Year 2 was 23.5 percent. 1.04 percent. 10 percent. 4.4 percent.
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