Latest Consumer Price Index Shows Prices Continuing To Rise, Further Squeezing Working Families
October 24, 2025
October 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release:
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Latest Consumer Price Index Shows Prices Continuing To Rise, Further Squeezing Working Families
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Even as workers face a slow job market and sweeping layoffs, prices are up 3% across the board over last year: That's 2.7% for food, 5.1% for electricity, 3.6% for shelter, and 3.9% for health care Cantwell: "Contrary to the Administration&# . . .
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Latest Consumer Price Index Shows Prices Continuing To Rise, Further Squeezing Working Families
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Even as workers face a slow job market and sweeping layoffs, prices are up 3% across the board over last year: That's 2.7% for food, 5.1% for electricity, 3.6% for shelter, and 3.9% for health care Cantwell: "Contrary to the Administration&# . . .