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Consumer price index expected to show another rise
Aug 14 2008, AP

The Labor Department is expected to report a rise in the consumer price index for July, but not as large as June’s increase. The median estimate from economists surveyed by Thomson Financial/IFR was for a 0.4 percent gain, and after food and energy prices are stripped out, a 0.2 percent advance. In June, the index rose by 1.1 percent _ the second-fastest monthly pace in 26 years.

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