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That suggests that the spike in fuel and food costs is not yet forcing workers and companies to demand higher wages and prices to offset those rising costs. (article 13)
Producer prices rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 percent in May as energy prices leaped 4.9 percent, but core inflation at the producer level slowed as forecast, as car prices sank, a Labor Department report showed. (article 10)
The Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday that consumer prices rose 0.6 percent last month, taking the annual rate up to 3.3 percent from 3.0 percent in April. (article 7)
Oil prices, which have risen nearly 40 percent this year and hit then-record highs above $130 a barrel in May, and rising food costs have squeezed consumers. (article 15)
Rising food and energy prices could push UK consumer inflation above 4% this year, the governor of the Bank of England has warned. (article 6)
US producer prices jumped by more than expected in May, pushed higher by the soaring fuel and food prices that are hurting economies acround the world. (article 14)
Rising commodity and oil prices are pressuring inflation indices, which in addition to jeopardizing the economy could affect the popularity of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said David Fleischer (article 9)
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Inflation in Britain hit 3.3 per cent in May, the highest annual rate in 11 years, the government said Tuesday, putting more pressure on the Bank of England to keep prices under control. (article 1)
Meat, vegetables and fuel were key factors in pushing the index up from 3.0 per cent in April, which was a full point above the government's inflation target. (article 1)
The governor of the Bank of England , Mervyn King, is now obliged to write a letter to Treasury chief Alistair Darling explaining why the rate has shot above three per cent. (article 1)
" The initial market reaction to the announcement was relatively stolid, with the majority of the inflationary increase having been priced in said Richard Hunter (article 1)
Darling's) response to the letter and the next set of economic numbers will now take on more significance. (article 1)
A different measure, the retail prices index, rose to 4.4 per cent in May from 4.0 per cent in April, the Office for National Statistics said. (article 1)
" In the absence of a marked fall in global commodity prices, the period of high inflation and letter-writing from the (Bank of England) is likely to extend into the second quarter of 2009 Barr said (article 1)
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- Bad yes, but at least we don’t have to listen to the Rollers (business.timesonline.co.uk, 06/18/2008, 407 words)
- Governor admits inflation may rise above 4% (business.timesonline.co.uk, 06/17/2008, 714 words)
- Inflation and the credit crunch: Q&A (business.timesonline.co.uk, 06/18/2008, 409 words)
- British inflation rate at 11-year high (cbc.ca, 06/17/2008, 336 words)
- Where next for inflation? (BBC News, 06/17/2008, 370 words)
- Consumer inflation 'could top 4%' (BBC News, 06/17/2008, 832 words)
- UK inflation hits 3.3 percent in May (Washington Post, 06/17/2008, 463 words)
- Inflation dangers 'threaten Asia' (BBC News, 06/15/2008, 421 words)
- Analysts: Double-digit inflation could undermine Brazil's booming economy (msnbc.msn.com, 06/17/2008, 443 words)
- Producer prices jump, housing starts at 1991 low (Washington Post, 06/17/2008, 348 words)
- Producer prices jump, housing starts at 1991 low (Washington Post, 06/17/2008, 400 words)
- body {background:#FFFFFF} (L.A. Times, 06/17/2008, 780 words)
- Food prices climb almost 1% in April - (baltimoresun.com, 06/18/2008, 444 words)
- US producer prices up 1.4% in May (BBC News, 06/17/2008, 405 words)
- May PPI seen up 1.0 percent on crude costs (Washington Post, 06/17/2008, 211 words)
- Bank economists say home prices yet to bottom (boston.com, 06/17/2008, 464 words)
- Mary Lee Rydzewski, a retired Amtrak engine dispat... (baltimoresun.com, 06/18/2008, 591 words)
- Investment Boom Gives a Lift to the Russian Economy (nytimes.com, 06/17/2008, 217 words)
- Policy-makers call inflation top threat (Washington Post, 06/16/2008, 302 words)
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- British inflation rate at 11-year high (cbc.ca, 06/17/2008, 336 words)
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