
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 18, 1994                   TAG: 9404210248
SECTION: MONEY                    PAGE: 6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Mag Poff staff writer
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

INFLATION ROBS INVESTMENTS, ZAPS PURCHASING POWER

Some investors and economists are nervous these days about the possibility of inflation's gaining momentum over the 2.7 percent to 3.1 percent rates of increase during the last years.

But what exactly is inflation? And why should the average person concern himself or herself about the persentages and indices that economists use to track its change?

by CNB