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CPI indicates rising food and rent costs; Asm. Adam Gray on his congressional candidacy

Lake McClure and Merced River in 2007. | Image by Brew Books is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

On today’s show:

0:08 – Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research discusses the Consumer Price Index  out today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

0:33 – Assemblymember Adam Gray is a candidate for California’s 13th congressional district–which, starting after the election, will be a big chunk of the central valley including Merced and extending south.

We invited the other candidate for CA-13 on– Republican John Duarte. His campaign never responded.