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Seattle consumer prices up 3.4% from 2020 as US deals with inflation

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You’re not imagining it: Prices for just about everything are up. Even locally, prices are soaring as the nation deals with a bout of inflation.
You’re not imagining it: Prices for just about everything are up, including for gas, cars, and a lot of consumer goods. Locally, prices are soaring as the nation deals with a bout of inflation. Prices in the greater Seattle area rose 1.1% just in the last two months, and 3.4% in the last 12 months, but that’s actually better than the jump seen across the United States. “Nationwide, prices rose 4.2% over the last year, which was the largest over the year percent change since 2008,” Matthew Insco, an economist with the U.

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