The dollar has been gaining value since summer. Individual products may have gone up in price, but the dollar is stronger.
I’ll give up; we’re talking two different languages and can’t persuade the other. Will just say that my father could support five kids on a low paying job, without my mom working, bought a house fully furnished for $6000, and fed us well. That was the 1950s. He didn’t make $10,000 until 1970. Now young couples with good salaries can’t afford a house, have only 1 or 2 kids (if at all), and both have to work. The dollar may have become stronger this summer, but its value depends on how you look at it. There are quite a few products that went up in price, not just a few. Costs are rising faster than our ability to deal with them. That’s where we are losing value. You can have the last word. Cheers, my friend.