The base line that was supposed to be reliably affordable is just that much less afford. Are we looking at a year? Two years, six months or five years? They told me i couldn't come in the studio unless i promised not to say, time will tell.
Fresh data from the U.S. government on Wednesday showed that inflation was still climbing at a rapid pace, prompting President Biden to say that controlling the rising prices was his “top domestic priority.”
But not everybody experiences inflation equally. Why is that?
Guest: Ben Casselman, an economics and business reporter for The New York Times.
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