Heating Oil Had Grown Dear

Word arrived that heating oil had grown dear. Ambrose: up 74% on the year, before the first frost. Pim: then we'll burn the figures! Mrs. Applewhite: electricity 4.4%, piped gas 5%. The Toll Keeper: all climbing faster than the month before. Prudence: 3.7% inflation all told, and the furnace did it.

Home heating oil cost more than 74% more in September than a year earlier, electricity 4.4% more and piped gas 5% more, both climbing faster than in August, and energy drove overall inflation to 3.7% just as the cold months arrive.

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🎙️The NarratorAmbrosePimMrs. ApplewhiteThe Toll KeeperPrudence