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June 1996

Consumer prices in 1995

E. Sue Marshall

Last year saw a 2.5-percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; the cost of food, which rose just 2.1 percent, and energy prices, which fell 1.3 percent, acted as moderating influences on the index. This article summarizes changes in Consumer Price Indexes during 1995.

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