For the first time in the past ten months since December last year, the cost of living Index of Shanghai workers hemin to show a decline in October. The index fell to. 248.22, dropping by 12.36 per cent. as comppared with 263.23 in September. the meantime, the purchasing power of the dollar came up to $04029 of fits 1930 value. Among the group indices, fuel and light declined by 21.78 er cent, as compared with the preeedingg month, and food by 898 per
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