He has a point; health-care costs jumped 6.8% in 2004, more than twice the general rate of inflation.

他有一个证据：卫生保健花费在2004年上升了6.8％，是总通货膨胀率两倍有余。

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Over the same period, prices for cosmetic surgery rose just 21%, half the general rate of inflation and just over one fifth the overall health care rate of inflation.

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What matters, in large part, is the difference between the interest rate the borrower is paying and the inflation rate in general.

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In general, central banks prefer to target the inflation rate, partly because a price-level target is harder to explain, and partly because the need to reverse previous deviations from target may make output more volatile.

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