Anyone who shops for food or fills their gas tank knows that higher prices are affecting their pocketbook.
Economists are now forecasting that higher prices may be here to stay, as the U.S. is running at a 13-year high of 5.4 percent inflation.
Heather Long is a Washington Post economics correspondent who has reported on inflation and the economy and she appears on Smart Talk Thursday to discuss the economic forecast.
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