EconomyRising costs and tight budgets strain Americans ahead of midterm elections
Rising living costs are pushing US workers to juggle multiple jobs while making financial security harder to attain. After losing her healthcare marketing job in a merger, Florida resident Stacy Eichel found demand for her custom-branded merchandise business also shrinking as companies cut spending. The U-6 unemployment rate is 7.6 percent, and prices have risen faster than wages, squeezing household purchasing power.
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Rising costs and tight budgets strain Americans ahead of midterm elections
Economy