Despite falling gas prices, inflation still rose in August from the prior month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Consumer prices rose to 13% in the metro Phoenix area for the month of August, the highest in the nation.
But as the Nov. 8 general election approaches, inflation remains a looming issue that could help determine whether Democrats’ keep their evenly split majority in the 100-member U.S. Senate.- The Arizona Republic reached out to both major party candidates in Arizona’s U.S. Senate to gauge their reaction to the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area’s outpaced inflation rates. nearly identical statement from a week ago
Masters: “Welcome to Joe Biden and Mark Kelly’s America, where rising inflation is the new norm, groceries are more expensive, gas prices are up, and real wages have been negative for 17 straight months — the Democrats have failed spectacularly, and Arizonans are hurting the most.”, the increase in consumer prices over the year was accelerated by soaring costs for meats, poultry, fish and eggs by 17.9%, rents by 21.4% and gas by 32.5%.
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