Inflation dipped slightly in April, but it's still at a historically-high 8.3 percent. Research suggests lower-income families suffer the most when prices rise.
NPR's
Scott Horsley explains how people around the country are coping with inflation, and what the Federal Reserve is doing to try to bring it under control.
This episode also includes
reporting from NPR's
Jennifer Ludden, on eviction rates rising in the face of increased rent and the end of pandemic rent aid in some places.
And it features
reporting from NPR's
Brittany Cronin, on what's driving rising fuel prices.
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