ARGENTINE INFLATION ROSE 6.5 PCT IN FEBRUARY

  Argentina's cost of living index
  grew 6.5 pct in January, down from last month's 7.6 pct, the
  National Statistics Institute said.
      It said consumer prices rose 98.9 pct over the last 12
  months, against 81.9 pct inflation in the calendar year 1986.
  

