On the inflation front, the latest Central Bank survey of economists has January inflation coming in at an expected 0.75 percent, some high-frequency price samples are already breaching 1 percent, being pressured by higher food and service prices.

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The fluids exerted a drag, causing the samples to move to and fro at the same frequency with which the machine jiggled, but with a slight delay.

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