The Tampa Bay metro area has been seeing the effects of inflation in a major way, according to a WalletHub study published Sept. 11.
The organization looked at consumer price index changes in 23 metropolitan statistical areas around the country, and Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater came in first place.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer price index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.”…