Inflation

Experts on economic issues weigh-in on how policy decisions on the federal level can impact people in Ohio.

The leader of a statewide food banks association said the need is up and donations are down as inflation shrinks the food supply.

After a mass shooting, gun control advocates want to ban assault-style weapons and install background checks. Gun rights advocates argue the solution is more "good guys with guns." In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the bill that would make arming state teachers with less training possible.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Whaley is proposing the state use federal funding from the American Rescue Plan to give rebates to an estimated 7.4 million Ohioans who are feeling the pinch from inflation.

High food and gas prices are squeezing working families, sending some to food pantries for the first time. But providers are struggling with high costs, fewer donations and supply chain woes.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen tells CNN she was wrong about the trajectory of inflation during interviews a year ago.

Food prices are rising faster than they have at any time since the early ‘80s. The reasons vary from the war in Ukraine to an avian flu outbreak to the drought in California. We are taking a look at the causes of food inflation and the impact here in Ohio.

Food prices are rising faster than they have at any time since the early ‘80s. The reasons vary from the war in Ukraine to an avian flu outbreak to the drought in California. We are taking a look at the causes of food inflation and the impact here in Ohio.

With inflation at a four-decade high, a growing number of forecasters worry the U.S. economy may be headed to a recession as the Fed gears up to raise interest rates aggressively.

Inflation in March was the highest since December of 1981, with prices up 8.5% from a year ago. Rising prices are especially hard on low-income people, who spend more of their money on necessities.