 Sixty-nine per cent of Indians cite inflation as their biggest concern. For the Chinese, too, it's the biggest worry.

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</p><p class='TableClas'>Consumers in Eastern Europe, west Asia and North Africa (69 per cent) are most concerned about inflation, followed by those in the Asia Pacific. 
</p><p class='TableClas'>Four in five Latvians, Russians and Lithuanians (84 per cent) are most concerned about inflation. The inflation rate in Russia is on the up-and-up 

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