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Show ""Vt 4 LaUKCi tu.sf day. .V.V. i'3 T3, JANUAST ing your po main high, flour itself is getting cheaper; Some staple vegetables, especially potatoes and onions , are cheaper. But the 2. A further runup ir. the spectacular decline in farm already jolting rise in bousprices of onions, currently ing costs of 58 percent in the reported to be as low as 2 to 6 past seven years; cents a pound, has not been 3. High passed on to consumers. Our check of stony prices in five costs, with a noticeable tendency of owners to spend cities finds tags are 13 to 20 more on repairs to hold cn to cents a pound, down only 4 or 5 cents from a year ago. present cars; 4. Even larger fuel and Tip: Prices of canned and utilities bills, with families in frozen vegetables lagged besome areas already unable to hind fresh produce on the keep up this winter with fuel way up. Now they lag behind hills of over $100 a month; 5. Persistent increases in medical costs,' up 12 percent this year and 56 percent since of food which, despite some leveling off, has gone up 5 percent since this inflation began to take off in 1967 ; KswWgcabSs planning Is ,ie of the few defenses have against inflation and one that's more argent ihan ever. This is tie first ef three artkies on what to expert this coming year and cea-si-me- rs ho to cope with 197,Vs preb-Uuand opportunities. auto-ownersh- By Sidney Margolius Consumer Specialist ' After NEW YORKtWN'S two years of being buffeted e inflation, you by ran expect a year of readjustment in 1975, gale-forc- A lower rate of inflation offers at least a fighting fresh items on the way downs. Another;' ,ia time,' when' prices descend from inflationary heights, startling variations is tags and specials appear among stores in the same tows and make wider shopping more productive. Thus, you might pay anywhere from 78 cents to $1.38 for chuck roast, or from '69 cents to 85 cents for a two-- , pound bo of rice, oil products such as mayon- naise, and condiments such as catchup.You can expect price reductions at least for cooking oils and shortening. Bv youll pay another 3 or 4 cents a quart for milk. Uttti Ct3HrS!iiir?el.rcmlB As well as the big hikes on canned produce and sugar products, other big increases have been on cooking oils and 1967 'KL Some components of your .living costs have been af if--S fZ gstpl, fc5?f8S!4S; SiDT iY tm to match income to outgo and perhaps even catch up on some delayed purchases and rebuild saving?. There even will be a few fected less severely. The recession in the textile, apparel and furniture industries even has fArefid some unusual clearances with savings for shopping opportunists. Varying rates of inflation in different kinds of expenses are having an effect on how families need to apportion, their money. What is significant is that housing expenses are, on the average, moving well past food costs, transportation ex- ponses now loom larger than clothing for most people, and medical costs have gone we!' beyond their traditional 5 percent slice of income. The continuing inflation in some expenses will strike nardest at young families seeking to buy homes and the elderly who must pay the expanding portion of medical costs not covered by Medicare. Lets first consider food. Cheaper beef, at least until next summer, will help keep your food bills near 1974 levels. Meat, poultry and fish usually take 35 percent of your food dollar. That doesn't mean you can P e If &3ed4&dfcJ IdL C .93S-WJ bargain opportunities. ,vu that inflation is over by any means. From ail signs jmd estimates, living costs will rise another 6 to 8 nereent in I ' rn top of the of percent national average rise since IsXrr. ; What is happening is wai the inflation is slowing to a trot, compared to I9i4 s galloping increase of over 12 percent and the cumulative jump of 21 percent in two years. This has been an inflation that brought real fear to U.S. families. They experienced a sharp runup in food prices, to an extent that many began to worry whether a time could come when they might hot be ably to feed their families adequately on the ' to them. ease up on choosing comThe food inflation has subparative values or even insided, at least temporarily. crease meat use .Selected The Dun & Bradstreet beef cuts came down 3 perwholesale food price index cent by last November. But fell in December to its lowest they went up 72 percent since point since last August. '67. Now other cost problems Underlying reason for the are coming to the lore Some, drop is that producers have like accelerated rent in- been shipping more grass-fe- d crease and healing bills, are beef because of high costs of equally frightening. grain feeding, Grass fed beef It's vital to identify the is leaner and, because more main problems that .. may is being shipped at a younger confront you in 1975 to figure age, is more tender than it out how to adjust to, them. usually is. The five major dilemmas, Where available, it s someeither because they loom times sold under such names large in most budgets or are as 'Budget Beef,and especially volatile, are: Thrifty "Economy. other house names. Stores 1 The continuing high cost also have been cutting prices on five-- and six pound packs of hamburger. Frozen fish is cheaper, too, especially whiting, perch and turbot. But you can expect to pay snore for pork and poulWill they cancel January try this year. due to lack of interest? 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