Inflation pressures mount; home building slows (Reuters)
Tuesday, 19 August 2008 09:11

A round of cheese is pressed at Consider Bardwell Farm in West Pawlet, Vermont in this June 30, 2008 file photo. (Brian Snyder/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Wholesale prices shot up in July at the fastest year-on-year rate since 1981, while home builders cut back on construction as they worked through a glut of unsold homes, government data showed on Tuesday.


 
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