it with the midterms fast approaching. sandra, the busiest woman in television. sandra: great to be with you this afternoon, john. president meeting with fed chair jay powell yesterday as the white house kicks off a months long effort to focus, it says, on the economy. but inflation has been on the minds of many voters in this country for months now, especially when filling up their tanks. price of gasoline rising almost daily with the new national average for a gallon, 4.67 today, a jump of 1.60 a year ago, and up $0.05 since yesterday. john: 11.4 million unfilled positions. labor shortage driving up wages and keeping inflation high as businesses continue to struggle with hiring.
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domestic priority. reporter: his comments came as gas prices hit a new record high, jumping 17 cents in a week, causing sticker shock nationwide. i d say it s affecting me every day. i do have to budget a little bit differently just for gas. i know you ve got to be frustrated. i know. i can taste it. reporter: the president pointed to what he s already done to bring down gas prices releasing millions of barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve, and allowing the sale of cheaper, higher emission gas this summer. i think our policies help not hurt. reporter: but americans don t agree. less than a third approve of house he s handling inflation, and many are trying to adjust to higher costs, like martha razo, who sells wooden pallets in the chicago area. i used to get lumber for, like, 75 cents. now it s $1.60. it more than doubled. so that is a big hit. reporter: razo says inflation has cost her $250,000 in profits and stifled growth. i cannot be hiring more
grain producer and draught conditions in the u.s. have pushed wheat and corn prices up eggs by 5ny.th dup the p of last year the national average for a dozen large white eggs was $1.60. now it is up to $2.50. your morning breakfast price is going up all the way from the eggs but to the bacon and the toast and everything else. livestock economist david anderson said the worst avian flu outbreak in seven years has killed more than 20 million birds in 24 states and has chipped away at the egg supply and pushed prices up. it takes time to adjust to higher prices and higher costs. you don t just snap your fingers and get more production. higher fuel prices are also hammering miller. the cost to fill up his delivery truck almost doubled and he s dos everything he can to avoid raising his egg prices again. i had to do something or i m not going to be here.
from you on social media on this one. catherine told us that her usual box of teabags is now 80p more expensive and that she s keeping an eye out for any discounts. kate told us that she was really shocked when buying a loaf of break this week and that the price had rised from 95 pence to £1.60. and phil told us in his local shop a small and phil told us in his local shop a smallj ar and phil told us in his local shop a smalljar of and phil told us in his local shop a smalljar of coffee had risen by £3 to £6 smalljar of coffee had risen by £3 to to 50~ shops have blamed staff shortages, supply chain issues, wholesale costs, business rate taxes and brexit related changes. they told us that the supermarkets are trying to absorb the costs. but, clearly not all of those costs are being but, clearly not all of those costs are being absorbed and a lot of them toan are being absorbed and a lot of them to an extent are being passed on to us as to an extent are being passed on to