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Q&A: Gaining a Better Understanding of Inflation

October 18, 2022 Personal insights

If it feels like your dollar doesn’t go quite as far as it used to, you aren’t imagining it. The reason is inflation, which occurs when prices rise across the economy which decreases the purchasing power of your money over time. Over the past year, hopes inflation was starting to level off, the Labor Department reported the Consumer Price Index …