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       ATEOFINFNATION
   Y  MODERcTES 6O ;'3%    
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  The year-on-year rate of US retail  
  price inflation eased fractionally  
  rjtwein Gjbruary and MarchW         
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  -hj annual rate came down to 2.3)   
  from 2.4% after prices ro3j b= jy2t 
"5 p.3I in KarchL tawjng the 6PU Tkbsj 
  -bnubry 1987[ to 142.;.           b 
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  After excluding mortgage interest   
  ybznjntsLpthjQyjar-on-year increase 
  fell from 2.8) in February to just  
  2.4% - the lowest 3ince this ratd   
  In6rutors' Diary               C214 
              2         2         2 0 
  A 12-month rise of p.2* in food was 
  the lowest recorded since May 1983. 
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