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Inflation has been creeping up. How are Americans coping?

NPR | By Kai McNamee,
Tinbete Ermyas, Scott Detrow
Published July 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with three people about how they're feeling the effects of inflation: Jennifer Browning, Alex Garcia and Chuck Lockhart.

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Kai McNamee
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Tinbete Ermyas
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Scott Detrow
Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
See stories by Scott Detrow