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Focus on Economic Data: The Inflation Rate - July 15, 2004 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by .5 percent in July. The annual rate of inflation for the last three months has been 1.9 percent and over t... Grade: 9-12    Published: 08/17/2005

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