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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: gerard mangiardi who wrote (28834)9/15/1999 7:34:00 PM
From: Les H   of 50167
 
Most people don't look at the core rate when they ask for a
raise. In any event, inflation was rampant in the core rate
in 78-81 as seen in the data history for the core index less
food and energy...

1978.01 63.1
1978.02 63.4
1978.03 63.8
1978.04 64.3
1978.05 64.7
1978.06 65.2
1978.07 65.6
1978.08 66.1
1978.09 66.7
1978.10 67.2
1978.11 67.6
1978.12 68.0
1979.01 68.5
1979.02 69.2
1979.03 69.8
1979.04 70.3
1979.05 70.8
1979.06 71.3
1979.07 71.9
1979.08 72.7
1979.09 73.3
1979.10 74.0
1979.11 74.8
1979.12 75.7
1980.01 76.7
1980.02 77.5
1980.03 78.6
1980.04 79.5
1980.05 80.1
1980.06 81.0
1980.07 80.8
1980.08 81.3
1980.09 82.1
1980.10 83.0
1980.11 83.9
1980.12 84.9
1981.01 85.4
1981.02 85.9
1981.03 86.4
1981.04 87.0
1981.05 87.8
1981.06 88.6
1981.07 89.8
1981.08 90.7
1981.09 91.8
1981.10 92.1
1981.11 92.5
1981.12 93.0
1982.01 93.3
1982.02 93.8
1982.03 93.9
1982.04 94.7
1982.05 95.4
1982.06 96.1
1982.07 96.7
1982.08 97.1
1982.09 97.2
1982.10 97.5
1982.11 97.3
1982.12 97.2

1978 shows about 8 percent 'core' inflation.
1979 is over 10 percent.
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