The media is out of touch with the prices we actually pay |
This is part two of our Forum feature about what the media is getting wrong when it reports on the economy.
Part two, because you, our readers, had a lot to say.
Specifically, we asked you about what "affordability" means, how the economy is affecting you personally and how we, the media, could do a better job of informing you about it.
Judging from your responses, household budgets are definitely top of mind, as is inflation and tariffs.
Read a collection of these responses below, or send in your own to us at forum@usatoday.com using the subject line "Forum media economy."
In terms of the state of the U.S. economy, it is worse and only going to get worse. President Donald Trump's tariffs and government employees being fired are only just starting to show up in the data. With my day-to-day life, I........