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USA-Price Hike/Impact
FILE: Houston, Texas, USA - Nov 25, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of supermarket aisles, shoppers
Washington D.C., USA - Jan 28, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Yunus, citizen (full name not given):
"I guess my concerns about the future and how high it's gonna go."
FILE: New York City, USA - Oct 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of shoppers in store
Washington D.C., USA - Jan 28, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Angela, citizen (full name not given):
"I just went to purchase fish, and fish that's normally like 20 to 25 dollars a pound. They are now 40 dollars a pound. I mean, that's ridiculous. So I'm making chicken instead."
FILE: Los Angeles, California, USA - Oct 21, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of meat, dairy products, fruits, customers shopping
Washington D.C., USA - Jan 28, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna, citizen (full name not given):
"Then when you do your monthly expenses summary and you look at the whole costs like why did I spend so much? Like I didn't buy anything more and normal someone prices and stuff had gone up. Apples, which are considered one of the cheapest fruits are ever now sometimes cost 1.4 dollar per one apple, which is ridiculous."
FILE: Georgia State, USA - Nov 12, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of trucks moving, stacks of containers
Washington D.C., USA - Jan 28, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dava, citizen (full name not given):
"It's this supply chain. We have to fix the supply chain. It bothers everybody. It's really a surreal problem."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna, citizen (full name not given):
"But I think it's due to that disruption to the supply chains because some factories need to let people get kind of well takes time, sick time off to recover from COVID-19. Maybe that means there's less people working in factories at the same time. And then there's just not enough output. I think also access to micro materials was mentioned, I saw that on the news as well that it's one of the reasons. It's just harder to produce things and probably distribution is also worse, so some produce might get wasted before even gets to customers."
FILE: New York City, USA - Date Unknown (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of pedestrian, traffic
Americans are struggling with the rising prices of many daily necessities amid supply chain crisis and the raging COVID-19 epidemic.
Residents in the capital city of Washington have complained about the skyrocketing food price, saying their cost of living is increasing rapidly.
"I guess my concerns about the future and how high it's gonna go," said Yunus, a citizen.
"I just went to purchase fish, and fish that's normally like 20 to 25 dollars a pound. They are now 40 dollars a pound. I mean, that's ridiculous. So I'm making chicken instead," said Angela, a resident.
"Then when you do your monthly expenses summary and you look at the whole costs like why did I spend so much? Like I didn't buy anything more and normal someone prices and stuff had gone up. Apples which are considered one of the cheapest fruits are ever now sometimes cost 1.4 dollar per one apple, which is which is ridiculous," said Anna, a citizen.
Americans widely believe that the supply chain crisis due to the pandemic is one of the main reasons for rising prices.
"It's this supply chain. We have to fix the supply chain. It bothers everybody. It's really a surreal problem," said American citizen Dava.
"But I think it's due to that disruption to the supply chains because some factories need to let people get kind of well takes time, sick time off to recover from COVID-19. Maybe that means there's less people working in factories at the same time. And then there's just not enough output. I think also access to micro materials was mentioned, I saw that on the news as well that it's one of the reasons. It's just harder to produce things and probably distribution is also worse, so some produce might get wasted before even gets to customers," said Anna.
USA-Price Hike/Impact
Dateline : Jan 28, 2022/File
Location : United States
Duration : 2'25
FILE: Houston, Texas, USA - Nov 25, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of supermarket aisles, shoppers
Washington D.C., USA - Jan 28, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Yunus, citizen (full name not given):
"I guess my concerns about the future and how high it's gonna go."
FILE: New York City, USA - Oct 2021 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of shoppers in store
Washington D.C., USA - Jan 28, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Angela, citizen (full name not given):
"I just went to purchase fish, and fish that's normally like 20 to 25 dollars a pound. They are now 40 dollars a pound. I mean, that's ridiculous. So I'm making chicken instead."
FILE: Los Angeles, California, USA - Oct 21, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of meat, dairy products, fruits, customers shopping
Washington D.C., USA - Jan 28, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna, citizen (full name not given):
"Then when you do your monthly expenses summary and you look at the whole costs like why did I spend so much? Like I didn't buy anything more and normal someone prices and stuff had gone up. Apples, which are considered one of the cheapest fruits are ever now sometimes cost 1.4 dollar per one apple, which is ridiculous."
FILE: Georgia State, USA - Nov 12, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of trucks moving, stacks of containers
Washington D.C., USA - Jan 28, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dava, citizen (full name not given):
"It's this supply chain. We have to fix the supply chain. It bothers everybody. It's really a surreal problem."
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna, citizen (full name not given):
"But I think it's due to that disruption to the supply chains because some factories need to let people get kind of well takes time, sick time off to recover from COVID-19. Maybe that means there's less people working in factories at the same time. And then there's just not enough output. I think also access to micro materials was mentioned, I saw that on the news as well that it's one of the reasons. It's just harder to produce things and probably distribution is also worse, so some produce might get wasted before even gets to customers."
FILE: New York City, USA - Date Unknown (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of pedestrian, traffic
Americans are struggling with the rising prices of many daily necessities amid supply chain crisis and the raging COVID-19 epidemic.
Residents in the capital city of Washington have complained about the skyrocketing food price, saying their cost of living is increasing rapidly.
"I guess my concerns about the future and how high it's gonna go," said Yunus, a citizen.
"I just went to purchase fish, and fish that's normally like 20 to 25 dollars a pound. They are now 40 dollars a pound. I mean, that's ridiculous. So I'm making chicken instead," said Angela, a resident.
"Then when you do your monthly expenses summary and you look at the whole costs like why did I spend so much? Like I didn't buy anything more and normal someone prices and stuff had gone up. Apples which are considered one of the cheapest fruits are ever now sometimes cost 1.4 dollar per one apple, which is which is ridiculous," said Anna, a citizen.
Americans widely believe that the supply chain crisis due to the pandemic is one of the main reasons for rising prices.
"It's this supply chain. We have to fix the supply chain. It bothers everybody. It's really a surreal problem," said American citizen Dava.
"But I think it's due to that disruption to the supply chains because some factories need to let people get kind of well takes time, sick time off to recover from COVID-19. Maybe that means there's less people working in factories at the same time. And then there's just not enough output. I think also access to micro materials was mentioned, I saw that on the news as well that it's one of the reasons. It's just harder to produce things and probably distribution is also worse, so some produce might get wasted before even gets to customers," said Anna.
ID : 8256532
Published : 2022-01-29 16:36
Last Modified : 2022-01-29 20:57:40
Source : China Media Group(CMG)-CCTV,China Media Group(CMG)-CGTN
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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