The cost of living index rose by 7.2 percent during August, making for a 71.4 percent increase in the first eight months of this year. At the present rate, inflation this year will amount to about 125 percent, or 25 percent more than forecast by the Finance Ministry at the beginning of the year. The C.O.L. index rose by 7.9 percent in August 1982.
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