But that headline be like:
[Inflation under control]
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But that headline be like:
[Inflation under control]
Yeah. It’s gas prices. And this one seems to be as fabricated as the one five or six years ago. Gas should be getting continually cheaper.
We all know of course that food and fuel are not core essential goods and should not be in the PPI. Hogwash.
The index remotely illustrates the change in cost of living. Since retirement I now go shopping with the wife. Over the years she has done a remarkable job of managing expenses. I see prices go up at the stores with regularity. Thank goodness for Aldi. Gratefully, beef prices are moderate but not cheap.
I see Cracker Barrel went up about a buck across the board on their breakfasts in the last couple of months.
Taxes would be a good investment if there were such a thing. The surrounding municipalities are on a spree of voting sales tax increases. It is becoming in the range of VAT being about 11% in some places.