Inflation Rises And Families Feel The Squeeze

Inflation Rises And Families Feel The Squeeze

“With the shift to final year fees-free, prospective students are also being hit with a 22.6 percent increase in the cost to study right now. Coupled with rents and food prices, it’s a particularly hard time to be a student,” Barbara Edmonds ...

Inflation rises and families feel the squeeze – Labour

Inflation is rising again and it’s landing hardest on families already stretched thin. “For the second time this week, families already stretched by rising costs are hit with the news that prices are going up again,” Labour finance and economy spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. “It’s not just grocery prices that are high, it’s rates and rents too.” On Tuesday, figures from Stats NZ showed food prices up 3.5 percent over the past year, with butt…