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To: Madharry who wrote (67768)9/16/1999 9:05:00 AM
From: Ronald J. Clark  Respond to of 132070
 
Price of pizza and gasoline can go up 25% overnight and it doesn't matter because they are both in the "volatile food and energy" component of the CPI which doesn't count. ( As long as you don't mind starving in the cold and walking instead of riding)



To: Madharry who wrote (67768)9/16/1999 11:08:00 AM
From: bill meehan  Respond to of 132070
 
Thanks, Armin. I think there are a growing number of folks who have begun to take the BLS BS with a grain of salt. (Which may be substituted for pepper if prices rise. <g>)