“OK, so how come everything I go to buy at the store, food, clothes, beer, etc, is so much more expensive?”
While gasoline is still pretty high, many food items where I live (Fort Worth, Texas) are now less expensive than they’ve been in a very long time. An Aldi store recently opened nearby, and a few days ago I bought eggs there for 49 cents a dozen and milk for $1.28 a gallon. Walmart and other stores have also dropped prices on staple items, although not as low as Aldi.