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Which means it's hard for customers to see how much they're actually losing out. >> what happened in 2020 and 2021 is a lot of products had changed really suddenly. so you had a lot of these very disruptive, very big changes that are hard during inflation to mix value are happening at once. >> reporter: so shadow indplags or secret pay cut, and what can workers do to make sure they're getting their money's worth? for now, it's a bit of a gamble. save for when prices fall -- >> you'll find better value for your money in the future but if you can't afford to wait, if you really need a car now, t...

Left in a spot where they may not see all of the ways they're paying more for less. this the result of so-called shadow inflation. you may have heard of inflation and even shrink-flation. what is shadow inflation? >> inflation is usually when you're getting the same thing for more money. but in this case something that you purchased in the past isn't as good as it was before, but you're nonetheless paying the same price for it. >> reporter: to keep up with their rising cost and labor shortages that hit the country in the last year, businesses need to pass on costs but don't want to scare custo...

Situation for democrats as the texas tribune puts it, the map gives the republicans a bigger edge increasing from 22 to 25 the number of districts that would have voted for donald trump in 2020. it consists of 23 republicans and 13 democrats. a mother jones senior reporter ari berman points out the new map hands white texans control of nearly 60% of texas districts, shis spannics only 20% and black voters only 3%. so whether it's preproductive rights, preventing trans gender students from playing in sports or rigging the system to their own game, the republicans will stop nothing to regain pow...

People that came out of the big chain hotel market and moved into residential due to either being fired or they didn't feel that they wanted to go off on their own. and as far as inflation goes, it's really just the gas prices and then the equipment and all of that. >> reporter: many other businesses across the marketplace also cutting costs to keep up. >> when it comes 0 airfares, you might have found you're more likely to be bumped or canceled, sometimes you just see it as little details like when you're in a fast food establishment, how many of the soda machines are broken or buttons on the...