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Asian Inflation Zapping US Pocketbooks

Fuel costs and weak buck promise to send US prices spiraling

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 8, 2008 4:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – Cheap Asian imports have helped keep American inflation down for decades—but those days appear to be over, the New York Times warns. Rapidly rising costs of fuel, food and labor in countries like China, Vietnam, and Taiwan are beginning to be passed on to... Read full story »

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