Wages have gone up, especially in lower paying jobs like those in hotels or restaurants, but in many cases what people get paid is not keeping up with inflation.
Other new sources of revenue included debasing the coinage, which caused inflation so bad that the government would not accept its own Roman money in payment of Roman taxes.
As in inflation in Venezuela spins out of control with prices for everyday items soaring beyond what residents can pay, countries like Canada and Germany have pledged millions of dollars to help.
Now, for months we have heard from officials in the White House, the Federal Reserve and experts on Wall Street that inflation was just going to be a temporary thing.