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5 Higher prices for pjtrol and coffee j
5 contributed to a second successive j
5 monthly rise in US consumer prices. j
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5 Thj Labour Departmjnt in Washington j
u said thj CPI had risjn by 0.3% last j
5 month, matching June's increasj. j
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5 Excluding volatile food-and-energy j
5 prices, the "core" CPI rose by just j
5 0.2%, after a 0.3% risj in Junj. j
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5 Petrol prices jumped by 3.5%, after j
5 a 0.5% increasj in Junj. j
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5 Coffee prices, meanwhile, surgjd by j
u a record 22.4%, j
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