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Table 3 An estimate of overall inflation in China

Indexes of inflation (1978 = 100)

Open inflation

Suppressed inflation

Overall inflation

1978

100.0

100.0

100.0

1979

102.0

109.4

111.6

1980

108.0

118.9

128.5

1981

110.7

124.0

137.3

1982

112.8

125.7

141.7

1983

114.5

136.7

156.5

1984

117.7

175.1

206.1

Source: Minoru Namb (1985), 'Inflation in China' in China

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