| 1. | Lower tax revenues and rising health-care costs account for the other five.
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| 2. | Simply put, they say low-cost accounts are available at practically all banks.
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| 3. | U . S . labor costs account for two-thirds of consumer prices.
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| 4. | Banks are required to offer low-cost accounts under a 1994 state law.
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| 5. | Retail food costs account for 16 percent of the Consumer Price Index.
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| 6. | Labor costs account for two-thirds of consumer prices for goods and services.
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| 7. | New York banking regulators say they do not keep statistics on low-cost accounts.
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| 8. | Credit costs account for 6 . 5 percent of the consumer price index.
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| 9. | Labor costs account for about two-thirds of U . S . consumer prices.
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| 10. | Credit costs account for 6.5 percent of the consumer price index.
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