WABI interviews Trostel about grocery prices, inflation

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

August 12, 2020 Outreach, UMaine in the News

WABI (Channel 5) talked with professor of economics and public policy Philip Trostel about the likelihood of experiencing inflation based, in part, on the rate of increase in the cost of groceries. “My initial knee-jerk reaction is we would see the biggest increase in prices in April when things were locked down the most, and as things have started to ease a little bit, actually the rate of increase has continued to go up instead of stabilize or even go down,” he said. Trostel indicated there is not enough data to predict if prices will continue to rise, or what the rate of increase might be.