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Tag: Halloween inflation

Posted inEditor's Picks, Money

Rising Halloween costs make trick-or-treating less of a treat this year

by Steve Crane Oct 28, 2022Oct 31, 2022

WASHINGTON – The only thing scarier than ghosts, ghouls and goblins this Halloween may be the rising prices for candy, costumes and pumpkins. Candy is up 13% over last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and pumpkins were also about 13% costlier in the Southwest by mid-October of this year compared to last, […]

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