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Feared Fed Reaction to CPI Floors Stock Market

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Consumer prices rose in April at the highest rate in three months, the government reported yesterday, triggering a sharp drop in stock prices and adding to worries of higher inflation and rising interest rates. (Washington Post [1], Thursday)

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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051700505.html

[2] Inflation in One Page: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=160

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