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| From Booming: Grocery sticker shock and the rise of the dollar-store dinner | If you have sticker shock at the grocery store, you’re not alone. In Seattle, the cost of groceries is about 30% higher today than before the pandemic. Those high prices are straining family budgets and causing many people to change how they shop. GUESTS: |
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| GasBuddy warns Seattle gas could top $4.65 soon as oil markets swing on Iran tensions | James McCafferty, director of the Center for Economic and Business Research at Western Washington University, described the conflict and its effect on oil markets as complex and far-reaching. He said consumers should expect prices to rise and suggested ways to manage costs. “So we do… |
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| Middle East war could bring even higher gas prices to WA | The ramifications of those actions is likely to be felt as far away as the Pacific Northwest, despite the fact that the region gets most of its gasoline from U.S. and Canadian sources. “If the pot of oil available on the world market shrinks and demand stays the same, the price will go up… |
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| Grocery sticker shock and the rise of the dollar-store dinner | If you have sticker shock at the grocery store, you’re not alone. In Seattle, the cost of groceries is about 30% higher today than before the pandemic. Those high prices are straining family budgets and causing many people to change how they shop.… |
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| How Seattleites are coping with the high cost of groceries | Economist James McCafferty also suggests shopping on less popular days of the week and visiting multiple stores to save costs. He oversees a team that studies the cost of common goods in the area at Western Washington University. “The more expensive days in groceries are always going to be… |
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| One Quick Question: When reading economic news, can you trust the numbers? | |||
| One Quick Question: Inflation, Consumer Price Index, cost of living: do any of these numbers actually measure affordability? | |||
| How does Seattle's cost of living stack up to other cities? | We all know the cost of living is really high in Seattle. Whether it's housing or groceries, this town is a tough place to make ends meet. But just how expensive is Seattle compared to other cities? On today's episode, Monica talked to a researcher who sends armies of shoppers to… |
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| Washington has highest menu prices at popular chains, new study finds | “ Our minimum wage in Washington state is not insignificant,” said James McCafferty, who studies consumer prices as director of the Center for Economic & Business Research at Western Washington University. “ It's challenging because at one time, one person will tell you how expensive… |
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| For many job seekers, WA job market still far from a pre-pandemic norm | Taken as a whole, Washington’s “labor market still tilts in favor of [job] seekers,” says James McCafferty, co-director at the Center for Economic & Business Research at Western Washington University. But in some sectors, McCafferty concedes, “it may not feel like it.”… |