Reason Magazine
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Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing 0.2 percent in July .
Gasoline alone accounted for more than half of the increase in August 's inflation rate.
The price of a gallon of regular is down from the all-time high of $ 5.016 on June 14, 2022 , AAA says.
Poll: 55 percent of respondents blame Biden administration for the surge in gas prices.
President is already vulnerable on matters of dollars and cents.
Data shows that spending is up on essentials including housing, transportation, and food, and down in discretionary areas such as entertainment.
As budgets are pinched by prices that outstrip wages, people feel real distress.
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