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consumer price index stories: 3 news summaries

Colorado
Will Lower Minimum Wage

State figure, tied to inflation, will drop
4 cents to $7.24

Oct 13, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colorado is set to become the first state to lower its minimum wage next year. The state’s minimum wage is tied to local inflation—specifically, the Denver-Boulder-Greeley Consumer Price Index, which has fallen 0.6%. The state’s minimum of $7.28 an hour will fall to $7.24... More »

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inflation • Denver • minimum wage • Colorado • consumer price index

 Consumer Prices Dip in March 

Prices drop 0.1%, despite tobacco hike

Apr 15, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(AP) - Consumer prices dipped unexpectedly in March, leaving prices over the past year falling at the fastest clip in more than a half-century. The recession is expected to keep a lid on inflation as widespread layoffs dampen wage pressures and weak demand keeps companies from raising prices. Consumer prices edged down... More »

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inflation • tobacco • price • deflation • economy • consumer price index

As Money Woes Rise, Drivers Let Insurance Lapse

Jobless Americans can't afford insurance

Dec 16, 08 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - As the unemployment rate climbs, so, too, does the number of drivers letting their car insurance lapse, the Wall Street Journal reports. One industry group says several hundred thousand drivers dropped their insurance in the last year alone. A study two years ago pegged the percentage of uninsured drivers at... More »

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uninsured • auto insurance • Allstate • Insurance.com • Insurance Research Council • consumer price index • Insurance Information Institute • State Farm • uninsured drivers

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