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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (511199)12/17/2003 7:11:15 AM
From: tonto  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Those numbers exclude two huge sectors, manufacturing and construction. How do you know "the workers are getting screwed"? What is the profitability of the sectors included if any, and how productive are those workers?
More information is needed to make a determination, if one truly is interested in facts instead of agenda...

Below is the month to month inflation rate for 2003.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ave
2003 2.60% 2.98% 3.02% 2.22% 2.06% 2.11% 2.11% 2.16% 2.32% 2.04% 1.77%