What's Hardest to Afford Now

The money may come out of the same pot, but people feel some expenses more keenly than others. A poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press makes this clear. It presented respondents with a list of items and asked how difficult they now find it to afford each one. Relatively few (5 percent) said they find it “very difficult” to afford food, though another 22 percent said they find this “somewhat difficult.”