Real cost of inflation to average American
household: An extra $175 a month
Posted By: Ribicon, 10/6/2021 11:58:56 PM
Over the past couple of months, Allison, a wife and mother of a toddler and teenager in Chicago, says she’s been spending about $50 more each week on groceries to feed her family—and that’s at a discount supermarket chain, Aldi’s. “I used to spend $70 a week, but all of sudden this summer, I noticed that I couldn’t leave the store without spending at least $120,” said Allison, who works in education.(Snip)For households earning the US median annual income of about $70,000, the current inflation rate has forced them to spend another $175 a month on food, fuel and housing, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist
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Janet and Jerome wouldn't miss 10 times that amount and besides, the burdens of Bidenomics are a small price to pay for No Mean Tweets and having the newscasters use their happy voices again.