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How MA Residents Should Adjust Budgets Amid Record Inflation
"Unsustainable" living costs are keeping Massachusetts residents from feeling comfortable during this 40-year inflation high.

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"Unsustainable" living costs are keeping Massachusetts residents from feeling comfortable during this 40-year inflation high.

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