Whether at the grocery store, the gas station or the car dealer lot — inflation is hard to escape right now. Consumer prices in metro Denver rose 9.1% year-over-year in March, the biggest jump in four decades. Some items have gone up much more. Used car prices are up 38.8% on average, gasoline prices up 36% and the cost of heating and powering a home up 17% over the past year. Related Articles Business | Wadhams: What for the students who sacrificed to graduate debt free? Business | Denver tenants are seeing rent hikes as high as $400 or more per month Business | Property taxes in Colorado will be capped, gas fee will stall as Polis signs bills into law Business | US inflation dips from 4-decade high but still causing pain Business | Bill to ease property taxes for homeowners sails through Colorado Legislature Housing costs have become especially burdensome.