Many Americans are getting paid more now than they did in previous years, but that extra money isn't doing much to offset spiraling inflation in most parts of the country, according to a new survey.
The OPEC+ oil producing countries came to an agreement today to continue ahead with their plans of gradually increasing monthly outputs of oil in February amid growing omicron fears and doubts that.
The inflationary forces that pushed prices up and up all year long were not distributed equally across the economy. In fact, just two or three broad categories account for nearly every one of the top.