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Already inflation is re-emerging on the back of the credit expansion, with consumer-price rises above 6% in recent quarters.
The Phony Success of China's Stimulus Joseph Sternberg 2011
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The consumer-price index for December also rose more than expected on a monthly basis, by 0.58%, compared with the 0.45% consensus forecast.
Turkish Inflation Soars Yeliz Candemir 2012
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The Confederation of British Industry, a business lobby, Wednesday forecast that wage growth will outpace consumer-price inflation by 2012.
Bank of England Keeps Rates Steady Jason Douglas 2011
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Increases in producer-output prices are closely watched because they feed into consumer-price inflation if retailers pass on the price gains to consumers.
Clothes Prices Lift U.K. PPI Ainsley Thomson 2011
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Since last month, the second in a row when the consumer-price index was flat month on month, the Fed has become even more blasé about price pressures.
Consumers Price In Real Cost of Living Spencer Jakab 2012
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Higher output prices from producers will put pressure on retailers to increase their own prices, possibly fueling further rises in the consumer-price index and spurring the BOE to respond.
U.K. Factory-Gate Inflation Accelerates Alex Brittain 2011
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But many economists expect it to tighten policy in the months to come because consumer-price inflation, at 3.7% in December, is running far higher than the bank's 2% target rate.
U.K. Factory-Gate Inflation Accelerates Alex Brittain 2011
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On the one hand, annual consumer-price inflation has been at least a percentage point above its 2% target for nine months, and is likely to have remained there in October, spurring BOE Governor Mervyn King to write a letter of explanation to the government.
BOE Weighs Conflicting Messages Natasha Brereton 2010
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That is a message from the Russian statistic office's first-ever release of a breakdown of components in the consumer-price index, according to international standards.
Overheard 2011
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The cost of shelter is the largest component of the consumer-price index, and yet the continuing slide in home prices is doing nothing to temper it.
Consumers Price In Real Cost of Living Spencer Jakab 2012
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