One recent survey found that Pakistanis considered a cup of sweet tea to be their second most important food source after bread; annual consumption of sugar is around 4m tonnes.

最近的一个问卷调查发现巴基斯坦人认为一杯甜茶对他们的重要程度仅次于面包。 每年糖的消耗量将近4百吨。

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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Wednesday the economy remained at risk, but he also cautioned that inflation had risen and was being watched closely by the central bank. (See: "Ben Bernanke: No Surprises") The personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy, was left unrevised at an annual 2.7% rate in the fourth quarter, matching forecasts and following 2.0% in the previous three months.

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Inflation, as measured by the core personal-consumption-expenditure deflator (excluding food and energy) fell to 0.7% at an annual rate in the third quarter, its lowest since 1962.

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