Anchorage consumer prices up in 2003.

• Author: Pilkington, Steve
• Position: Economy - Brief Article

Consumer prices in the Anchorage metropolitan area advanced 1.3 percent in the first half of 2003, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Increases in transportation and housing led the advance in the overall index.

Prices paid for food and beverages rose 1 percent in the first half of...