Food insecurity in the US now exceeds pandemic-era levels, New York Fed survey finds
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Summary
A new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reveals that food insecurity in the United States is now worse than during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. More Americans report skipping meals, relying on food donations, and needing federal assistance to buy groceries compared to the summer of 2020 when unemployment was in double digits due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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· 3 pulledMore people in the United States are going hungry now than during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic six years ago.
A survey released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found higher levels of food insecurity this year than during the summer of 2020, when the coronavirus outbreak sparked double-digit unemployment.
The New York Fed periodically asks Americans whether they're having to skip meals, having to rely on food donations or receiving federal assistance to buy groceries.
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