Today in Data: Costs Keep Climbing

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$45,844: Average transaction price for a new car in June, the highest on record

11%: Increase in food prices in May, according to the Bureau of Economic Activity (BEA)

4 in 10: Share of American consumers who live paycheck to paycheck and have trouble paying bills, up from ⅓ of consumers in that category last year

0.4%: Decline in personal expenditures in May (adjusted for inflation)