re: What’s the most obvious inflation item?

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I have no idea how the average family is able to make ends meet today.

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They aren't. Look at debt levels.

I assume savings are taking a beating as well. I went to my suburban brokerage yesterday to make my IRA deposit at the deadline and asked the lady behind the counter if she had been busy. She said there were a lot fewer of me than there used to be.