RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A recent Consumer Price Index report shows inflation didn’t decrease in July, but it didn’t get better either, in fact experts say it’s picking up at a faster pace.

“That’s just going to put the further squeeze on household budgets that have already be strained by several years of outsized inflation and prices that remain very high,” Greg McBride Chief Financial Analyst for Bankrate, said.

He said ideally inflation should go up about 2% per year.

“It’s gone up about 3%, and it hasn’t made its way back to that 2% mark,” McBride said.

Many across our Region telling 12 On Your Side, the burden of inflation is frustrating.

“We go to different places, Trader Joes, Publix, Walmart. We’ve tried to go to all of these places it almost seems like groceries are getting wor

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