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Who would have thought that we’d ever look forward to an annual inflation rate of 6 per cent with an emotion close to ecstacy? Yet, today that’s what we're doing. The reason, of course, is that after three successive yearly hikes averaging better than 9 per cent, 1976’s 6 per cent increase looks pretty good. Don’t be fooled - 6 per cent inflation is high. At that rate prices double in 12 vears.
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