More Americans are struggling to pay their household bills compared with a year ago, but the rise in hardship isn’t hitting all groups equally. Older workers and people over 65, who are largely retired, have experienced the sharpest rise in financial hardship among all age groups compared with a year earlier, according to an analysis […]
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Food Prices Are Skyrocketing
Inflation may be slowing overall, but food prices are still sky-high. .Over the last 12 months, grocery prices soared 13.1% — the largest annual increase since the year ending in March 1979, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. The prices of nearly every grocery item have ballooned over the past year. The cost of […]