Why price-squeezed consumers still shell out for organic

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• The Fed doesn't have an inflation crystal ball, but it does have "sticky-price CPI"

  by Nova Safo

  

  The Atlanta Fed’s sticky price CPI makes a prediction about what inflation will be in the years ahead.

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• In spite of price hike fatigue, consumers are still snapping up organic foods

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  Even though organic products generally cost more than conventional, sales of organic items have been rising at aggressive rates, leaving non-organic groceries behind.

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• Credit card chargebacks are on the rise — part of the reason is fraud

  by Reema Khrais and Sean McHenry

  

  “Since 2021, we have seen in the U.S. about a 29% increase in chargebacks,” said Amanda Mull at Bloomberg Businessweek. “Globally, it's even higher. It's 46%.”

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• The Numbers

  by Reema Khrais

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• Multiple wars drive up the price of diesel

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Global warfare has impacted the supply chain, pushing diesel prices close to the highest they have ever been.

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• "Never would have expected to be here": Young Mainers consider the lobster

  by Samantha Fields

  

  A program in Maine is teaching young people with no previous connections to the lobster business how to get into an industry where the barriers to entry have historically been high.

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