Food Prices High But Cars Housing Fall in March
March living costs rose 0.3 percent led by higher food prices while housing costs slipped 0.2 percent due to mortgage rate drops. New car prices fell 0.8 percent and used cars rose 1.2 percent. overall CPI reached 119.8 with groceries up 1.1 percent and clothing mixed. Economists welcomed the deceleration, noting first quarter annual rise at 2.7 percent.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Nixon
Paul Me Idecades
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
McCracken
Pocoemendonen
Afl-Cio
Nathaniel Goldfinger
William Proxmire
D. Wis
Joint
House
Senate Economic Committee
Increase In Corn Planting Amid Blight Fears In Ohio
Ohio farmers plan to plant 3,539,000 acres of corn this year, a 9 percent rise, despite last year’s blight. 2,655,000 acres of soybeans also eyed, an 8 percent increase. The increases reflect the new federal farm program and subsidy incentives. Also included are Butler County bidding notices for road surface sealing and required prequalifications and bid bonds.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Crop Reporting Service
Tucker
Butler County Commissioners
Court St
Hamilton
Ohio
California
Millikin
Cincinnati-Dayton
Butler County
Fairgrove Ave
Board of County Commission
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