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An August 2021 OneOp blog post presented eight money-saving hacks to cope with inflation. At that time, the 12-month percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 5.3% and rising. Thirteen months later, the CPI change in September 2022 was 8.2%, after having reached a 9.1% peak in June.