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BUSINESS Tuesday 13 March 2018
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Tech gains slide, leaving indexes mixed

did producer prices, which
measure the cost of goods
before they reach the con-
sumer.
The Federal Reserve is
gradually raising interest
rates to keep inflation in
check, and it expects to
boost rates at least three
times this year.q
Trader Ronald Madarasz
works on the floor of the New
York Stock Exchange.
(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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of inflation will be reported
this week as the Labor De-
partment discloses data
on consumer prices Tues-
day morning and produc-
er prices on Wednesday.
Prices paid by consumers
jumped in January and so