While the FTC acknowledged the existence of " zone pricing " in some limited areas, it said it " found no evidence of collusion between oil companies " nor any evidence of agreement on pricing " at any level of supply ."
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:Zone pricing, as practiced in the gasoline industry in the United States, is the pricing of gasoline based on a complex and secret weighting of factors, such as the number of competing stations, number of vehicles, average traffic flow, population density, and geographic characteristics.
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The OECD expects annual inflation in its member countries to slow to 1 . 8 percent next year from 2 . 2 percent in 2002, with U . S . inflation averaging 1 . 3 percent and euro zone prices rising at a 1 . 9 percent rate in 2003.
