Tents for the homeless are seen on August 16, 2023 on a Skid Row sidewalk in Los Angeles, California. AFP-Yonhap
WASHINGTON - More Americans are suffering from hunger this year than during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Wednesday.
A survey asked around 1,200 US household heads in February whether they had to dip into savings or emergency accounts to cover expenses, struggled to find enough food, had children who missed meals, or received food donations or government aid to buy food.
"There have been meaningful increases in the shares of households reporting that they'd experienced the four situations described above," the New York Fed said.
"We find a remarkable increase in food insecurity, particularly among lower-educated and lower-income households and households with young children."
