Inflation /tags/inflation Inflation en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:07:00 GMT Texas faces higher hunger rates than every other state � except Arkansas /texas/2023-11-03/texas-faces-higher-hunger-rates-than-every-other-state-except-arkansas Nearly 1 in 6 Texas households are food insecure, significantly higher than the national average. That’s 1.7 million households in Texas, about 300,000 more than the year before. Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:07:00 GMT /texas/2023-11-03/texas-faces-higher-hunger-rates-than-every-other-state-except-arkansas Christopher Connelly Home prices see biggest drop in 9 years, thanks to higher mortgage rates /business/2022-09-21/home-prices-see-biggest-drop-in-9-years-thanks-to-higher-mortgage-rates The super-heated housing market is cooling off. Home prices have fallen about 6% since their peak in June. The pace of sales also fell for the 7th straight month. Thu, 22 Sep 2022 02:44:01 GMT /business/2022-09-21/home-prices-see-biggest-drop-in-9-years-thanks-to-higher-mortgage-rates Chris Arnold Lockhart ISD is helping employees pay for gas /education/2022-09-06/lockhart-isd-is-helping-employees-pay-for-gas The Central Texas school district first announced the Drive.Pair.Share initiative in June when gas prices hit record highs in the state. The goal of the program is to ease the financial pressures teachers and other employees are facing. Tue, 06 Sep 2022 19:16:58 GMT /education/2022-09-06/lockhart-isd-is-helping-employees-pay-for-gas Becky Fogel Texas has added a lot of jobs lately. But hiring could slow later this year. /business/2022-08-08/texas-remains-a-powerhouse-in-job-growth-even-though-hiring-could-slow-later-this-year Job growth in June was a “labor market on steroids,� according to one economist. But how long that momentum continues in Texas depends on several factors. That means the rate could dip slightly in the coming months. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:51:47 GMT /business/2022-08-08/texas-remains-a-powerhouse-in-job-growth-even-though-hiring-could-slow-later-this-year Julian Aguilar Poll: Black, Native American and Latino families face serious problems from inflation /news/2022-08-08/poll-black-native-american-and-latino-families-face-serious-problems-from-inflation Those households are struggling to stay afloat, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:07:25 GMT /news/2022-08-08/poll-black-native-american-and-latino-families-face-serious-problems-from-inflation Will Stone Binders, backpacks... and inflation are on this year's back-to-school shopping list /education/2022-08-03/binders-backpacks-and-inflation-are-on-this-years-back-to-school-shopping-list This year's back-to-school shopping season lands in the middle of the highest inflation in four decades � how will this affect spending? Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:14:05 GMT /education/2022-08-03/binders-backpacks-and-inflation-are-on-this-years-back-to-school-shopping-list Alina Selyukh