next story down on my newsfeed here:
said the market DROPPED 400 pts on inflation news.
Traditionally, “CORE INFLATION” is reported WITHOUT including “energy costs.”
All of a sudden they’re being used to fudge the numbers.
Where real inflation is: groceries. Our grocery bill, just the two of us, has more than doubled in the past year.
a freaking bag of corn chips is over $5 now, a $2 pot pie (comfort food) is a few cents short of $4, hamburger $8 a pound (I buy bison instead for another $2, lower fat, tastes better). Romaine lettuce? price doubled. And so on.
Diesel is STILL $4.50/gal locally.
In the words of Resident Alien “this is some bull$hit!”
Personally, I'm on track to spend at least 20% less for groceries this year than I did last year. (I've been keeping track of it down to the penny for the past few years.)
I'm aware that I'm out of place here, not joining in on the "Woe is me!" chorus, but I just haven't had any problems adapting to the inflation.