January 23, 1982 (vol. 92, iss. 93) • Page Image 3
… where retailers found it harder to mark up prices. Prices in Houston, where unemployment was 3.2 percent, were up 10.2 percent in 1981. Last month, while the national unem- ployment rate was 8.9 percent…
… prices rose 4.3 percent, less than half the 10.1 percent gain of 1980. " Housing costs, pushed upward by high home-loan rates but held down by stable prices, rose 10.2 percent, down from 13.7 percent the…

















































