Where is inflation going up the most?

Florida is really feeling the squeeze

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Inflation is going up, but not necessarily in the cities you'd most expect
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While everyone across the U.S. has likely experienced at least the effects from sky-high inflation in the last year, a recent study from WalletHub found that some cities in the U.S. are facing a higher rate of inflation than others. And perhaps surprisingly, the notoriously expensive coastal cities like New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles are not leading the charge. Rather, it's places like Miami, Detroit, and Phoenix that are feeling the squeeze.

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Becca Stanek, The Week US

Becca Stanek has worked as an editor and writer in the personal finance space since 2017. She previously served as a deputy editor and later a managing editor overseeing investing and savings content at LendingTree and as an editor at the financial startup SmartAsset, where she focused on retirement- and financial-adviser-related content. Before that, Becca was a staff writer at The Week, primarily contributing to Speed Reads.