The holiday shopping season highlights a divide between affluent consumers and those trying to stretch their budgets.
Despite a Commerce Department report showing stronger-than-expected economic growth in the third quarter, inflation remains a far heavier burden for households lower on the income distribution.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with The Los Angeles Times’ Caroline Petrow-Cohen.
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