Americans say they are dating less as the average cost of a night out exceeds $200

Picnics are a low-cost date option.

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• Dating costs in the US, like everything else, are rising.
• The average date is now nearly $200, according to a BMO survey.
• Gen Z and millennials, especially, are seeing the highest increases in dating costs.

A basic economics class often covers the movement of prices — inflation, deflation, and stagflation. Now, there's a new term: "Date-flation."

The average cost of a date in the US is now $189...