On the recordMarch 29, 2004
I am glad you pointed that out. In each of those years pharmaceutical products ran higher in the sense of inflation by the average of 5 to 6 percent more than the core inflation rate.
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Discussing the inflation rates of pharmaceutical products compared to core inflation.
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