From gas to groceries, here are the everyday products and services that have gone up the most in price since last year
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Dominick Reuter
Jul 15, 2021, 01:59 IST
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Prices for American consumers increased 0.9% last month, the largest increase in a decade.
Used cars have made headlines, while others, like sewing machines, have caused less of a stir.
Products and services in over 45 categories had price increases of more than 5%.
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Consumer prices are rising, ticking up by 0.9% last month. That's the largest increase in more than a decade, according to the latest US government figures.
But that figure is just a summary of the overall price picture for American households - the important stuff is in the details.
To see how that top-line number is playing out in everyday life, Insider pored through the tables and plucked out more than 45 product and service prices that have increased by more than 5% since last year.
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