Pricier Cars, Rent and Even Pets: Why Americans Hate the Economy

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While the pace of price increases has generally slowed, US consumers are still facing a cumulative inflation burden that is unlike anything seen in generations.

It now requires $119.27 to buy the same goods and services a family could afford with $100 before the pandemic. Since early 2020, prices have risen about as much as they had in the full decade preceding the health emergency, with most of that increase concentrated in more recent years.

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