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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Linda Feldmann

July 25, 1983

Consumer prices in June crawled up only 0.2 percent, helped by the biggest decline in food prices in more than seven years and falling fuel prices, the Labor Department said. The moderating trend made 1983's inflation rate so far just 2.9 percent.