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The Inflation Beast

The Inflation Beast

Alice Poon
Jan 25, 2008
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The recently announced CPI headline figures appear mild enough, registering a year-on-year increase of 3.5 percent in the latest quarter and 2.0 percent in the last year. But if the latter percentage increase is broken down, one would notice that the preponderant portion of price increase comes from basic foodstuffs (7.1 percent) and private housing ren…

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