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News Articles: consumer prices

NPR has long tracked prices at a Walmart near Savannah, Ga., and this time, we shopped for things that got cheaper — in all, about a fifth of the 96 items on our shopping list.

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Has anything gotten cheaper? We shopped at Walmart to find the answer

Some things have gotten cheaper, even in an era of high prices. What are those things? We've been tracking them at a Walmart in Georgia.

January 28, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at one Walmart in Georgia over multiple years.

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  • Business

NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing

NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here's what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Juweek Adolphe
A customer shops at a grocery store in Chicago on Feb. 13, 2024. Annual inflation has eased significantly since two years ago but it has remained stubbornly above 3% this year.

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  • Business

Why beating inflation is turning out to be as hard as losing weight

Annual inflation proved to be hotter than expected last month, staying stubbornly above 3%. It continues to move in the wrong direction in recent months. Pushing it lower is proving to be hard.

April 10, 2024
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By:
  • Rafael Nam
A man pumps gas in Alhambra, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2023.

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  • Business

Inflation continues to moderate thanks to a big drop in gas prices

Consumer prices rose 3.1% in November from a year ago, marking a more moderate pace of inflation thanks in large part to falling gasoline prices.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Annual inflation accelerated slightly in July, although the uptick was modest and within expectations.

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  • Business

Inflation got a little higher in July as prices for rent and gas spiked

Consumer prices rose 3.2% in July from a year ago, up slightly from the 3% annual rise see in June — but still within analyst expectations

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
People shop at Walmart on Black Friday 2022 in Dunwoody,  Ga.

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  • Business

What tracking one Walmart store's prices for years taught us about the economy

Inside our shopping cart is a story of global trade, extreme weather, shrinking packages and rising prices.

January 27, 2023
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh,
  • Jacqueline GaNun,
  • and 1 more
A sign shows the price of gas outside of a gas station in Washington, D.C, on March 8. Annual inflation is likely to have hit another 40-year high in February, yet the data won't fully capture the most recent surge in energy prices after Russia invaded Ukraine.

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  • Economy

Inflation hits another 40-year high. The war in Ukraine could make it worse

Annual inflation climbed to a new four-decade high in February, with consumer prices up 7.9% from a year ago. The increase does not reflect most of the recent jump in gasoline prices.

March 11, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
A selection of beef cuts is displayed at a Publix Supermarket in Miami on Oct. 20, 2021. Inflation is still high, with consumer prices in January surging at their fastest annual pace since 1982.

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  • Economy

Inflation hits another 40-year high. It's bad, but older folks say they've seen worse

Consumer prices in January were up 7.5% from a year ago, the biggest annual gain since 1982. That may seem like a lot for those under 40, but older folks have lived through even sharper price hikes.

February 10, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley

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  • Business

Amazon raises price of annual Prime membership to $139

Amazon is increasing the U.S. subscription cost to $139 a year from $119, citing more customer benefits and higher employee wages and transportation costs.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
The price of glass jars to hold pasta sauce and other products has soared during the pandemic. Sauce-maker Paul Guglielmo in Rochester, N.Y., has absorbed some of the increase, but he has also raised prices for consumers.

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  • Economy

Cargo traffic jams affect glass bottles too. Your pantry staples could cost more

Makers of everything from pasta sauce to vinegar say it's getting harder to find glass bottles for their products, and it's leading to higher prices.

October 13, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
An illustration depicting U.S. money and the various ways we save or spend it, including on food, travel, transportation, entertainment, and more.

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Political Rewind: The Pandemic's Impact On Purchasing And Consumer Behavior — And A Look Ahead

Wednesday on Political Rewind: We all know that the pandemic has had a profound impact on our buying habits — from how we shop for groceries to the services we use to stream new movies at home; from the sticker shock that awaits us as we shop for a new (or even used) car to the soaring price of houses.

The travel industry is only now coming back to life. But can you feel safe booking a cruise? Flights are full again, but do you want to fly on an airplane with every seat filled?

July 21, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
A shopper's cart is full in the checkout line at a ShopRite supermarket in April 2020 in Plainview, N.Y. A year later, prices for most goods have jumped, according to government data, as companies struggle to secure critical raw materials amid supply constraints.

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  • Business

No, You Are Not Imagining It. Prices For A Lot Of Things Did Jump In April

Prices for a range of goods from used cars to bacon surged last month, pushing consumer inflation to 4.2% in April, the highest since September 2008.

May 12, 2021
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By:
  • David Gura

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