The prices of goods and services are increasing everywhere in the world, inflation being the major reason why, the physical and political war in Ukraine is also compounding issues for some specific countries, as we know if prices of commodities are high which they are, people will spend more money to buy the goods they need and pay for the services they want. Standard of living on the other hand is like a general term to quantify the economic well-being of people in any country, meaning if the prices of goods and services are high, people would be able to afford very little goods and services and that will make the standard of living to drop generally, and that also goes vice versa.
So i would like to know what the standard of living is like in your country now compared to five years ago. Was there any sharp difference in the standard of living pre pandemic and now. If there is a great fall in the standard of living in your country, have there been any move by the government and employers of labor to alleviate the sufferings of people. People who live in Ukraine, if you don't mind, i think a lot of people would want to know what it is like there too since the war began.
In my place, the living standard is going well, better than in 2017 (5 years ago). Even all prices are hiking, but not so much (except fossil fuel of course). The electricity bill not hiking up, but the water company is always making a sudden change in the price without notice. But the big difference is how technologically advancement is struck the daily living like we no longer use SMS and legacy phone call, all communication goes to VOIP or instant messages like telegram and everything going hassle after 2020. Manners are past now and welcome to the era of the rage where manners are long gone now because no (less) physical interaction for one year and the communication standard is lower due to online public communication with wide educational level (the most uneducated person is more likely in the online space). It's not about the commodity but we are just waiting for world war 3, the end of the world.