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Very firmly on the downward slope of that 0micron wave. that is nicola sturgeon speaking to sophie raworth. covid restrictions may be coming to an end but people across the uk are braced for extra pressure as the cost of living rises this year. energy bills are likely to increase from april, we'll actually know about that at the beginning of february — but it is notjust gas that is pushing up prices at their fastest rate for nearly 30 years. here are some of the less obvious items which have seen rapid price rises. for those families who still sit down to eat a traditional sunday roast lunch...

Ballpark is pretty accurate. >> reporter: do you estimate that you might spend even more some months? >> yeah. >> reporter: gina tulio and her family of four live just outside tampa. the metro area with the highest rate of inflation in the country, soaring to 9.6% in the last year. >> it doesn't seem to be slowing down. that's where the real concern is. >> reporter: she's feeling it with day care -- >> it went up by $30 a week. >> reporter: at the grocery store -- >> my eggs are a dollar more, and then i looked at the milk, and i was like, that's $1.50 more for the same gallon. >> reporter: an...

But here is in tampa, florida, they are feeling the squeeze even more. >> does that number sound about right to you? >> yeah. i would say in that ballpark is pretty accurate. >> do you estimate that you might spend even more some months? >> yeah. >> reporter: gina and her family of four live just outside tampa, the highest rate of inflation in the country, soaring to 9.6% in the last year. >> it doesn't seem to be slowing down. that's where the real concern is. >> reporter: she's feeling it with day care. >> it went up $30 a week. >> reporter: they are grocery store. >> my eggs are a dollar mo...

Vanessa yurkevich spoke to those feeling extra stress to make ends might with no help in sight. >> reporter: across america, families are spending $276 more per month on average because of inflation, according to moodys analytics. here in tampa, florida, they're feeling the squeeze even more. >> does that number sound about right to you? >> yeah. i mean, i would say in that ballpark is pretty accurate. >> do you estimate you might spend even more some months? >> yeah. >> reporter: gina and her family of four live just outside tampa, the metro area with the highest rate of inflation in the coun...

Is a it's the middle class and lower class worse they can afford to pay the rich don't much care about even though they are concerned about as well what happens if it doesn't? the facts show something different. was a wholesale prices in november go up by almost double digits 9.6%. the wholesale prices are eventually passed on. that's the price the whole seller pay eventually the retailers but that extra price on the shelves. when consumers go to buy it so that it's going to pass on to consumers. that means inflation is accelerating, laura. >> it also means corporations are charging and markin...