Deii Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) For 17 years, Ana Duran worked full time as a travel agent. Late last year she lost that job, shortly before seeing the price of eggs rise to $7.99 a dozen and the price of a single avocado rise to $2.99 at her local store. In June, filling up the gas tank cost him $94, up from $50 last year. Duran receives unemployment benefits and works part-time as a caretaker for a resident in a nursing home. To make ends meet, she has also been selling her own gold jewelry and collecting aluminum cans to recycle for extra money. He is one of many people doing what they can to get ahead in Riverside, California, which is part of the region known as the Inland Empire, where an annual inflation rate of 9.4% was recorded in May, one of the lowest high in the country. The average rate of inflation across all urban areas in the US, as measured by the Department of Labor's consumer price index, it was 8.6% in May. One of the key factors contributing to higher inflation in the Inland Empire is po[CENSORED]tion growth during the pandemic. People moved from the big cities to relatively more affordable neighboring counties like Riverside and San Bernardino. This stimulated demand for goods and services in a region where supply has not caught up. In California, where the average price of gasoline was already the highest in the country, the dramatic increase in the price of food and fuel in the area has caused residents like Duran, along with organizations trying to help residents like her, find new ways to make ends meet. Although the price of gasoline has dropped slightly in the past month, the average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline in Riverside on July 25 was still more than $5.60, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). its acronym in English). The cost of food and gasoline has forced her to cut back. Gone are the trips to the mall to stroll or cool off. Runs errands over the phone, whenever possible, instead of going to a store or another location. https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/07/28/california-peores-niveles-inflacion-trax/ Edited July 29, 2022 by Deiverson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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