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‘Squeezing more life out of every dollar’: How inflation is forcing a new reality on American families and amplifying the economy’s ‘K shape’
Inflation is creating a new economic reality for American families by amplifying the economy's 'K shape' and reducing spending among lower- and middle-income consumers, according to the Fed’s beige book reports.
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