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Jo Ann Oravec, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater College of Business and Economics, asked her students to write about how rising prices were affecting their daily lives. The...
“With consumer price inflation slowing, and the labor markets solid, real incomes are rising. Since May, real incomes net of [excluding] transfers, a key recession determinant, are up roughly 3% ...
Core inflation, which strips out the direct impact of volatile energy and food prices is now at a four-year low, having dropped to 3.2% in December from 3.5%. Services inflation is at a two-year ...
News about inflation has been everywhere over the past few years. But even if you haven't been watching TV or reading the financial press, you've no doubt felt some pain in your wallet as prices ...
But in recent months, inflation has shown signs of cooling. In June, the rate of inflation fell 0.1%, marking the lowest monthly growth rate since May 2020 and a two-thirds decrease from June 2022.
Credential inflation is the increasing overqualification for occupations demanded by employers. [1] [2] A good example of credential inflation is the decline in the value of the US high school diploma since the beginning of the 20th century, when it was held by less than 10 percent of the population. At the time, high school diplomas attested ...
Used car and truck prices are up 31% over the previous year. AP Photo/David ZalubowskiConsumer prices jumped 6.8% in November 2021 from a year earlier – the fastest rate of increase since 1982 ...
Not to pick on L.A. schools or students: Grade inflation is omnipresent and more common in affluent areas. To avoid discouraging students, some school districts did away with D and F grades .