evidence: Inflation and its impact on consumers has been one of the most widely discussed topics throughout the 2024 campaign season. Due to high inflation in recent years, the costs of groceries, clothes, gas, housing, and other goods have sharply increased. High inflation rates, and their causes, were recently the subject of a KSTP fact check. [...] In reality, the goods Americans purchase are approximately 20% more expensive than they were just a few short years ago. Meanwhile, an analysis by Bankrate found that wages have grown at a slower rate than inflation; roughly 17% since January of 2021.