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June 1988

Rising export and import prices in 1987reversed the trend of recent years

Robert Blanchfield, William Marsteller

The falling value of the dollar played a large role in export and import price increases; exports were also affected by rising commodity prices and imports, by rising fuel prices. Imported fuel prices rose 43.8 percent in 1987 after declining 51.5 percent in 1986.

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