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Most COL raises mirror inflation, and according to the Labor Department, consumer prices rose by 4.1 percent for all of 2007. (Higher costs for energy and food last year pushed inflation up by the largest amount in 17 years.)

Thus, COL raises should probably be 3% to 5%, or about 4% on average.

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