honolulu’s inflation rate is rising faster than the national average, which means island residents are paying more for just about everything.
The consumer price index in Honolulu for 2011, the measure of change in price for goods and services, rose 4 per cent over 2010.
The national average was 3 per cent.
Food prices rose by 4.7 per cent in 2011 while electricity went up 34.3 per cent. Gas is up 19 per cent.
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