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The annual inflation rate eased somewhat in April, but not enough to meaningfully reduce the burden on lower-income Americans.
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The University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute is projecting a trip to the grocery store will cost 5% more in 2022 compared to last year.
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The governor intends to soften the effect of inflation on Illinoisans by suspending the grocery tax, increases in the motor fuel tax and providing a 5% property tax rebate to some owners.
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Consumer prices are soaring at a rate not seen since Ronald Reagan was President. Economists are trying to figure out if it's an economic hiccup or whether higher costs are here to stay.
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A St. Louis Fed economist says economic recovery from the pandemic has propelled demand for consumption, and it will take time for prices to even out.
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The end of the year is always a time to take stock of what has transpired during the past year and what is likely to happen in the one about to begin.…
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The costs of goods and services in the St. Louis region rose 2.5 percent between the last six months of 2009 and the last six months of 2010 - more than…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 5, 2010 - At the height of his economic crisis in the early 1970s Richard Nixon said, famously:…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 27, 2009 - In his quiet, measured way, James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 2, 2009 - The start of a new year always brings the promise of change. After 2008, we really…