At the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we have been exploring various topics that are on the minds of Wisconsin residents through our 2024 Main Street Agenda project. Unsurprisingly, inflation ranks as the top concern, with 63% of the respondents in the new WisconSays/La Follette survey believing it is quite a problem or an extremely big problem. Furthermore, the survey – taken in summer/fall 2023 – indicates that inflation was perceived as particularly difficult for households most financially challenged: 72% of those “financially much worse off” considered inflation in Wisconsin “an extremely big problem.”
While inflation in the Midwest was slightly slower than nationwide, since January 2021 prices for groceries have actually risen slightly faster in the state: 4.2% vs. 1.7%.
See the full article here: https://lafollette.wisc.edu/news/while-the-economy-remains-strong-inflation-remains-top-concern-for-wisconsinites/?emci=014907ed-f300-ef11-aaf0-7c1e52017038&emdi=6489cf47-8c02-ef11-96f3-7c1e521b07f9&ceid=17053516