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To: reaper who wrote (207846)	12/4/2002 12:28:42 PM
From: Bid Buster	of 436258

<(you would agree maybe that FOOD is a US good??)> yes, for the most part..some is imported however..but as your data shows prices are up and if there was a break down seperating imported food i think food prices would be higher. <apparel -2.1% yr-yr ALL categories (mens & boys; womens & girls; infants; and footwear, are down)> nearly all clothes are imported. <new and used motor vehicles -1.7% yr-yr new vehicles -1.1% used vehicles -4.5%> partly due to over capacity but also most raw material is imported ie; steel <personal care products -0.5%> no comment as i do not know...but i picture some woman making soap in south america in a wash tub. <household furnishings -0.8%> imported...go to an ikea or pier 1 store and look where that stuff is made. as for the rest of the data you presented its for the most part u.s. based..not so much in manufacturing but as you posted its in services ei; 5.8% increase in medical. your own post seems to support my contention that deflation is in imports while the u.s. economy inflates.

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