The electricity tariff cut lowered the index by 0.45%, so if one takes away the one-off effect of this cut, and maintaining allotheritems the same, the price index would have reached 1.13% higher month over month, or a whopping 14.44% annualized.
"It's gone over well with teens, " said Mr. Keller, explaining that gum competes for space with all the otheritems teens are carrying, such as mobile devices and iPods.