The costs of nearly all goods and services - from gas and groceries to childcare and car insurance - have spiked dramatically in the last five years as Americans continue to grapple with high prices.
Overall, consumer prices have risen more than 30 percent in the past seven years — two and a half times the increase seen in the years before the pandemic between 2012 and 2019, according to analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data by The New York Times.
