According to a recent Suffolk University/USA TODAY survey, 45.3 percent of Americans have had to cut back their spending on groceries, and 59.4 percent said they are eating out less often as a result of inflation.
The survey of 1,000 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Another 48 percent of respondents said they are driving less as the cost of gasoline has surged, and 45.4 percent said they are postponing or canceling vacations or travel plans amid rising costs.
The survey comes after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Consumer Price Index data showing that inflation stood at 9.1 percent in the United States in June. That is the highest figure seen since the early 1980s….