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By now, you’ve probably felt it: prices are up.<\/p>\n

The spike in gas prices have helped push annual inflation to its highest levels in three years\u00a0\u2014 around 4.2 percent.<\/p>\n

With prices creeping up, how are Americans coping?<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0\u00a0sign up for C\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org.<\/p>\n

NPR’s Scott Horsley contributed reporting to this episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was produced by Kai McNamee and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and\u00a0Zo van Ginhoven. Our director is Jonas Adams.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

Our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.<\/p>\n

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By now, you’ve probably felt it: prices are up.<\/p>\n

The spike in gas prices have helped push annual inflation to its highest levels in three years\u00a0\u2014 around 4.2 percent.<\/p>\n

With prices creeping up, how are Americans coping?<\/p>\n

For sponsor-free episodes of\u00a0Consider This,<\/em>\u00a0sign up for Consider This+<\/em>\u00a0via Apple Podcasts or at\u00a0plus.npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Email us at\u00a0considerthis@npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NPR’s Scott Horsley contributed reporting to this episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was produced by Kai McNamee and Karen Zamora, with audio engineering by Ted Mebane and\u00a0Zo van Ginhoven. Our director is Jonas Adams.<\/p>\n

It was edited by Tinbete Ermyas.<\/p>\n

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