Who Measures Inflation? It’s Calculated by 477 Government Workers

High inflation persists as President Biden points to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine as top causes for high prices.  Each month we get updated numbers on the Consumer Price Index, but how is that number calculated?  477 government workers spend their days going to grocery stores and other businesses to track the costs of over 100,000 goods and services each month.  Rachel Wolfe, consumer trends reporter at the WSJ, joins us for how we calculate inflation.

Next, what is the largest source of stolen guns in country?  Stolen guns from cars.  From 2019-2020, 180 cities saw a rise in gun thefts from vehicles.  This new trend is very concerning and simply a crime of opportunity.  Thieves are rolling through neighborhoods and pulling on door handles looking for open cars and laws vary from state to state on how guns should be secured in unattended vehicles.  Melissa Chan, reporter at NBC News, joins us for this disturbing trend.

Finally, a new report confirms that most working parents are burned out.  Research from Ohio State University says that 66% of working parents meet the criteria for parental burnout, meaning they feel they have nothing left to give.  This study was conducted at the height of the pandemic, but researchers think high rates of burnout are here to stay.  Catherine Pearson, reporter at the NY Times, joins us for more.

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