{"id":850127,"date":"2026-09-16T19:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/850127\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T19:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:54:29","slug":"how-are-rising-prices-affecting-you-npr-wants-to-know-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/850127\/","title":{"rendered":"How are rising prices affecting you? NPR wants to know : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789588469_262_.jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3000x1939+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2F99%2Fdfa5b09443caba9c0f2ddd1138e0%2Fgettyimages-1364310198.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"A cashier sorts money at a pizza shop in Miami.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                Tell NPR what you are paying more for these days, and how rising prices shape the decisions you make.<\/p>\n<p>                    Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                hide caption\n            <\/p>\n<p>              toggle caption<\/p>\n<p>        Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Stubborn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/09\/11\/nx-s1-5966538\/cost-of-living-has-gone-up-3-4-in-the-last-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">inflation<\/a> and the rising costs of gasoline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/09\/11\/g-s1-142842\/us-diesel-6-a-gallon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">diesel<\/a> and numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/09\/11\/nx-s1-5961530\/canada-trade-war-auto-parts-supply-chain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">imported items<\/a> have many Americans watching their budgets like hawks.<\/p>\n<p>These expenses are often top of mind \u2014 for both voters and politicians \u2014 in the election season. NPR wants to hear from you: How are you coping with any rising expenses? And how are those costs shaping the way you live?<\/p>\n<p>Fill out the form below, and an NPR or Member station reporter may reach out for an upcoming story.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your submission will be governed by our general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/179876898\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/179878450\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. As the Privacy Policy says, we want you to be aware that there may be circumstances in which the exemptions provided under law for journalistic activities or freedom of expression may override privacy rights you might otherwise have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tell NPR what you are paying more for these days, and how rising prices shape the decisions you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-850127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}