1. A project costs $200 and will provide cash flows of +$100, +$300, and +$500 in consecutive years. The annualized interest rate is 3% per annum over 1 year, 4% per annum over 2 years, and 4.5% per annum over 3 years. What is this project's NPV?
2. Read the Bureau of Labor Statistics' website descriptions of the CPI and the PPI. How does the CPI differ conceptually from the PPI? Are the two different right now?