Ahead of the November 8 midterms, FRANCE 24 takes you on a tour down the Mississippi River with a series of reports by Fanny Allard. The fourth of five episodes brings us to Memphis, Tennessee, where high inflation is forcing small business owners and farmers to reassess and alter their practices.
The home of the blues, which has the second-highest poverty rate for cities of more than 500,000 residents in the US, is now contending with high inflation. Sandy Othmani runs a car service in the city, and for the first time in 20 years, she has had to raise her hourly rates by $15 due to cost increases.
