Rising Costs Push Necessities Out of Reach for Nearly Half of Americans

New York Times - Oct 14, 2026

Inflation has made basic goods hard to afford and attitudes toward inequality have changed, studies from the Pew Research Center showed.

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Inflation rose slightly in September after holding steady the month prior, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed Wednesday.  The consumer price index (CPI) increased 0.6 percent last month and was up 3.7 percent relative to September 2025. That marked an increase from August, when annual inflation sat at 3.4 percent.  The popular...

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BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. and other wealthy nations need to urgently tackle mounting global debt levels that are weighing most heavily on low-income countries and straining the global financial system, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other U.S. leaders recognize...

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Elon Musk is jumping back into the political fray, reviving his role as a massive election spender and technology leader with a seat at the table again in Washington.  Following a brief hiatus from President Trump’s orbit last year, Musk’s latest appearances in D.C. and influx of election cash signal he still has an appetite...

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday made a reference to a 1812 U.S.-British battle in which forces from the United Kingdom were victorious. “On this day in 1812,” Carney said in a post on the social platform X that also featured a photo of a small sculpture of what appears to be a British...

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The nation’s energy regulators have shot down a bid from a regional grid operator to cut power to some large data centers during a supply shortfall — leaving the issue largely in the hands of states. Regional grid operator PJM, which manages the electric grid for several East Coast and Midwest states, proposed an ability...

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The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced it was fining Bank of America more than $1.2 billion for violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. The Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) fined Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the country, $1.2 billion for its failure to “mitigate and report priority national security risks,” the department...

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Iran war costing US households average of $2K each: Moody's

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The war in Iran has cost the average American household $2,000 so far, according to estimates shared Monday by Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “Consider that the war’s costs taken together have absorbed about half the average American household’s income gain over the past eight months,” Zandi wrote on social platform X. “No...

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