Atlanta, Georgia-area residents felt the brunt of the nationwide high inflation rates, as the cost of goods in the city rose nearly 8 percent over last year, according to data released in the Consumer Price Index on Wednesday.
Transportation costs in the city rose 21 percent over the past year.
There were also high inflation rates recorded in St. Louis, Missouri and cities in Arizona, with smaller increases reported in large liberal cities like New York and San Francisco, as people moved out of the areas and into cities in more conservative states during the coronavirus pandemic. More moderate increases were felt in Houston, Baltimore, Detroit, Miami and Seattle.
Nationwide, inflation rose 6.2 percent over last year – the highest it has been since November 1990.
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