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Venezuelan Agriculture Minister Elias Jaua asked consumers to start bargaining over prices with retailers to try to curb inflation. "The most important help that people can give us (in fighting inflation) is that they defend their income. We can't get used to buying everything at any price," Jaua told reporters . "If we all start haggling over prices, speculators are going to start feeling pressured," Jaua said. The Venezuelan government identifies inflation as the country's largest economic worry. Efforts to control inflation, which have essentially focused on timid rate increases by the central bank and increasing prices on some controlled goods, so far have proven ineffective. The country's annual inflation rate climbed to 32.2% in June, and several analysts forecast it to close the year at more than 30%. The Venezuelan government commonly blames speculators for the price increases, while economists point to high government spending and a consumption boom as the main factors driving up prices. Darcy Crowe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263976 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
