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December 1987

Inflation fueled by oil prices in first 9 months of 1987

Richard C. Bahr

Oil price movements dominated the behavior of the CPI during the first three quarters; inflation slowed quarter by quarter, but remained higher on an annualized basis than in each of the preceding 5 years.

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