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Rising prices for instant noodles, beer and other items, including taxi fares, ( ) empty wallets faster than usual ( ) the year-end and New Year's holidays, when consumers, ( ) by festive spirits, tend to spend more.

On Saturday, prices ( ) bread, snacks and gasoline ( ), a bad sign for the immediate future. Yamazaki Baking Co. raised its prices for bread and Japanese and Western confectionery ( ) about 8 percent. Fujiya Co. also began a stage-by-stage raising of prices for 46 of its products, ( ) cream puffs and cakes. Nippon Oil Corp., the largest gasoline wholesaler ( ) the country, raised its price for kerosene and gasoline by 6.7 yen per liter from the ( ) month.

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