What is the impact of inflation on low-income households?

Jan 19, 2022

A customer pushes her shopping cart through the aisles at a Walmart store in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles.

Inflation impacts different households differently. Image: REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/File Photo

Jacob Orchard

Doctoral Candidate in Economics, University of California San Diego

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Comparing the highest and lowest income households in the US. Image: Jacob Orchard

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