Import prices go up and the standard of living goes down.

Change is largely down to the impact of import price changes.

Import prices in the month fell 1.4 percent from March, the report said.

But even with the latest decline, import prices are still 4.1 percent higher than they were a year ago.

A relatively strong dollar has helped keep import prices down.

The dollar has also lost some of its value recently, and import prices will probably rise as a result.

"Yeah, I suppose it would be a little heavy on the import price."

Yet import prices, excluding oil, fell by more than 4 percent.

As for inflation, the dollar's fall is not expected to add much to import prices.

Excluding oil, import prices fell significantly in the first five months of the year.

The high dollar also helped keep inflation down by keeping import prices low.

However, at the same time the Swedish industry has received less money for its exports while the import prices have gone up.

Higher import prices fuel inflation by driving up the domestic price level.

A falling dollar would then push up interest rates and import prices.

The dollar's decline means that import prices are no longer falling.

This was primarily done to save the consumer from paying high import prices.

And import prices declined last year as the dollar strengthened.

Minimum import prices, which we appreciate, were introduced earlier this year but have not worked.

With the dollar down slightly over the past year, import prices are creeping up.

Q. So far, the drop in the dollar has not had much of an impact on import prices.

Stripping out petroleum, import prices are up 1.8 percent over the last 12 months.

What we don't know is the effect on inflation of the lower dollar and the probable increase in import prices.

Now, however, economists believe that import prices will start rising, perhaps substantially.

It seems that the weakness of sterling is keeping import prices high.

In those cases, "import prices can rise unrestrained by competition."