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Ultimate assumptions Intermediate Low Cost High Cost
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Annual percentage change in:
Average wage in covered employment. 5.0 4.5 5.5
Consumer Price Index (CPI)......... 4.0 3.0 5.0
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Real-wage differential (percent).... 1.0 1.5 0.5
Unemployment rate (percent)........... 6.0 5.0 7.0
Annual interest rate (percent)........ 6.3 6.0 6.5
Total fertility rate (children per
woman).............................. 1.9 2.2 1.6
Life expectancy at birth in 2070
(combined average for men and
women, in years).................... 81.2 78.3 85.1
Annual net immigration (in thousands). 900.0 1,150.0 750.0
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