Residence-related charges, which include rent and utility costs, were increased by 4.22 percentage points, the bureau said.

与居住相关的费用，包括租金与公用设施费用，增加了4.22%，统计局称。

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Yesterday, the statistics bureau said the producer - price index, a measure of costs faced by businesses, rose 6.6% in February compared with a year earlier, the biggest jump since December 2004.

昨天，国家统计局说生产者价格指标，一个面对商业的成本指标，二月份比一年前上涨了6.6%，这是自从2004年12月以来最大的上涨。

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If the bureau 's arbitration process fails to settle a dispute, a customer' s only recourse is to Sue in claims court. But because of the costs and time it takes, relatively few ever do.

如果优化商务局的仲裁程序未能成功地解决争端的话，顾客惟一能做的就是向赔偿法庭提出诉讼，但是那样要花费很多的金钱和时间，因此很少有人去做。

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Costs aside,you'll find a lot of basic skepticism at the Farm Bureau and among farmers like Gwen Pitt that human pollution is responsible for climate change.

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The arrangement, which could come as soon as this year according to sources at CBS, promises savings on costs from staff salaries to bureau rents.

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Employment for physician assistants is projected to grow much faster than average because health care institutions increasingly use these practitioners to contain costs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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About 44% of Howard Beach homeowners pay more than 35% of household income on ownership costs, according to the Census Bureau.

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