Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the new report documenting a 9.1% increase in the Consumer Price Index for the year ending June 2022. Kokai offered these comments during the July 15, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai analyzes report of 9.1% inflation
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