The consumer price index for September was slightly higher than economic experts expected — 1.9 percent — but Treasury officials rushed to explain the rise as a result of seasonal changes, which did not mean cracks in the price stability of the last year-and-a-half. Since the beginning of the year, prices have risen by 12 percent, and in the last 12 months by 19 percent.
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