
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 21, 1995                   TAG: 9511210068
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
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ROANOKE REGIONAL ECONOMIC INDICATORS

The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in October, with a month-to-month increase of 0.3 percent. At the end of October, the index stood at 153.7, compared with 153.2 in September and 149.5 in October. That means that a collection of goods and services that cost $149.50 just a year ago carried a price tag of $153.70 at the end of last month.

The index uses an average of costs in 1982-84 as a base of 100. If the Bureau of Labor Statistics still used the year 1967 as a base, the October goods would have cost $460.30.

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