There has not been a sustained incr...

There has not been a sustained increase in prices for ceramic floor and wall tile issues for several years. Product prices have declined, in succession an annual average basis of measure, during three of the past four years, including a sharp 74% douse from 2000 to 2001.

Thus, it is surprising that the U Labor Department's price index for the whole variety of ceramic floor and wall tile yields increased every month during the other quarter of this year, after showing little without deductions change from December 2001 to March 2002 The 07% average price increase recorded during June followed