Date:02/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010250100100.htm

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Inflation slides to 6.38 per cent

New Delhi: Inflation slid to a 10-month low of 6.38 per cent. Falling prices of food and fuel items pulled down the rate by 0.23 percentage points during the week ended December 20, declining for the eighth week in a row, from the earlier level of 6.61 per cent. — PTI