The increase in body repair prices was below the rate of inflation for the third month in a row after 32 straight months increasing at a higher rate.
The most recent government figures on inflation through June 2021 show the rate of growth of auto body repair prices has been below the rate of general inflation throughout the second quarter. The rate of general inflation was markedly higher through the second quarter as the economy has reopened and labor and commodity shortages impact prices. The price of auto body repair had been increasing for nearly three years above the
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