'Before, you'd go to the store, and if you had $100, you could buy four bags of groceries and be happy. Now, you're lucky to get a bag,' a consumer told NPR.
"Inflation is really resonating with people," Moore said."I give us a 50-50 chance now of killing this bill," he added.
Earlier this week, Biden addressed the issue in Baltimore by stating that reversing the trend is a top priority. "Everything from a gallon of gas to a loaf of bread costs more," he told a crowd on Wednesday."And it's worrisome, even though wages are going up.""I'm now much more concerned than I was yesterday," Yale Economics Professor Samuel Kortum told the"My initial reaction is that it is a temporary rise in the price level that will not continue once supply chains start functioning properly again.
But in the meantime, consumers are demanding that Biden's administration take more action to directly address the issue. "I think that the White House is not focused as much on the things that the people need," Apodiakos told NPR."I understand that climate change is an important thing," he added, in a nod to another Biden priority."Focus on climate change but also focus on price change."contacted the White House for additional comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
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