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Like their loyal customers, Detroit's iconic potato chip maker Better Made Snack Foods Inc. is feeling the squeeze of inflated food prices. As a result of supply chain disruptions and shortages in key raw materials, the cost of a bag of Better Made barbecue flavored potato chips is going up. …

Inflation accelerated at its fastest pace since 1982 in November, the Labor Department said Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A warehouse worker in Tennessee is running up against price increases that far exceed her modest pay raise. The owner of a pastry business in Massachusetts has had to reduce his product offerings and personally absorb higher costs.

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The Consumer Price Index update released last week acted like a catapult for the 5-year breakeven rate, propelling it to the highest peak since at least 2003.

Companies from Mondelēz to McDonald's are raising prices to offset higher costs for transportation and because of labor and other problems along the supply chain.

Answer: 6.2%  This chart shows that many grocery prices have risen even more:  Questions: Have you noticed inflation (the increases in prices) in items that you or your family purchase in your own lives?  How much do you think that prices have to go up before it impacts consumer behavior and their purchase decisions?   What do you think are the causes behind this spike in inflation?  Here's the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom. Behind the numbers (from CNBC): Inflation across a broad swath of products that consumers buy every day was even worse than expected in October, hitting its highest point in more than 30 years, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The consumer price index, which is a basket of products ranging from gasoline and health care to groceries and rents, rose 6.2% from a year ago, the most since December 1990. ------------------------ Wondering who won NGPF's Estimate the Monthly Jobs Report contest?

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The consumer price index surged 6.2% from a year ago in October, the most since December 1990.

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Annual inflation rose at its fastest pace in more than 30 years during September despite a decline in personal income.

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U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the third quarter to the softest pace of the pandemic recovery period as snarled supply chains and a surge in COVID-19 cases throttled spending and investment.Gross domestic product expanded at a 2 percent annualized rate following a 6.7 percent…

Consumer prices increased slightly more than expected in September as food and energy price rises offset declines in used cars, the Labor Department said.

The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic.

WASHINGTON (AP) — One reason America's employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday: Americans are quitting in droves. The Labor Department said that quits jumped to 4.3 million in August, the highest on records dating back to December 2000, and up from 4 million in July.

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Procter & Gamble, one of the country's largest consumer goods manufacturers, said Tuesday that it's raising prices on certain grooming, beauty and oral care products for retail customers to combat higher costs.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey weighed in on escalating inflation in the U.S., saying things are going to get considerably worse.

Procter & Gamble, one of the country's largest consumer goods manufacturers, said Tuesday that it's raising prices on certain grooming, beauty and oral care products for retail customers to combat higher costs.