NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Although a pandemic-induced price spike has slowed substantially, Americans remain preoccupied by the cumulative rise in costs they've faced since the start of the health crisis, especially for essentials such as food and gas, USA Today reported on Monday.
"And fresh data reveal that shoppers have become more price sensitive recently even as inflation has cooled, at least partly because their COVID-era savings have dwindled," the report noted.
