American public pays high price for rising inflation

STORY: American public pays high price for rising inflation DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:33 LOCATION: CHICAGO, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEVEN ALEKNA, Grocery store worker in Chicago 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CASE WENER, Support engineer in Chicago 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DANIEL MCGUE, Part-time student in Chicago 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KHAIRY TOURK, Professor of economics at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): KHAIRY TOURK, Professor of economics at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): KHAIRY TOURK, Professor of economics at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago STORYLINE: Many Americans are feeling the squeeze from rising costs of living. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEVEN ALEKNA, Grocery store worker in Chicago "The required everyday essentials, your grocery items, the cost of dairy, meat, proteins, have gone up anywhere from 15 percent, 18 percent up to over 30 percent or 40 per