The Ukraine war and the impacts of the pandemic sparked a global spike in prices. Britain is grappling with the domestic consequences.

It’s a trend that’s been spurred on by the pandemic.

Will employers notice? Many are already raising wages for their workers because of the labor crunch.

The program will help state and tribal governments purchase locally produced food for nutritional assistance programs like food banks and school cafeterias.

Beset by economic instability since 9/11 and the Great Recession, many millennials feel pressured and anxious about their prospects.

But inflation will eat into the raise.

A Springdale, Arkansas, family’s search for an affordable home spotlights an increasingly expensive rental and housing market.

Social Security provides cost of living updates. But for those with additional money to invest, inflation can eat into more conservative investments like cash and bonds.

Typically, unionized companies are the ones that directly tie cost-of-living increases to inflation. And union membership has been falling.

A listener writes: “If you make the minimum wage $15/hour, it’s not enough in New York and it’s way too much in Peoria. Would it be possible to tie the minimum wage to the cost of living?”