This year's rise, an average of 2.7 percent, may be a fraction lower than last year's, but it is still well above the official Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation.

今年的平均涨幅为2.7%，虽然可能略低于去年，但仍远高于官方的消费者价格指数（CPI）所反映的通胀水平。

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The index works by taking a weighted average of the price of imported iron and domestically produced iron ore to produce a composite number.

这种指数通过对进口铁和国产铁矿石取以加权平均价格以此产生一个合成数。

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Earlier this week, when China released its economic figures for July, the average cost of goods - or Consumer Price Index - was up 6.5 percent, its biggest increase in three years.

本周早些时候，当中国公布7月份的经济数字时，商品的平均价格，即消费品价格指数上涨了6.5%，这是3年来最大的一次增加。

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As that implies, the average Index loan price is up 3.5%, to 94.83, over that period.

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In the three months ending July 2011, the quarterly price index for the average domestic property in Scotland fell by 3.7%.

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For example, the average 18-mo return for the Emerging Price Index since 1988 through Sept 2009 is 18.0%.

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