Hoarding? Inflation?
My same-type purchases weekly grocery purchases have risen from $25-30 three years ago to $45-50 two years ago to $60-65 this year.
I could easily list many items that have increased by 50¢ or more, and they are not ‘seasonal’ items. I could list many more items that have ‘shrunk’ in content and had their price either remain the same or rise a few cents.
Inflation is out there. ‘They’ just hide it.
The Federal Debt is now so out of control their only hope of not being eaten alive with interest payments is to goose inflation data to try and convince the Fed to keep rates low.