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2025 Nov 21, 3:22pm
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2025 Nov 21, 3:22pm
Eric Holder says
Eric Holder says
Since 2010, the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 2.6–2.8% per year, while the broader CPI for consumer goods (all items less food and energy) has risen at about 2.2–2.4% per year.
Food and consumer goods are still expensive AF and keep going up.
Eric Holder says
Food and consumer goods are still expensive AF and keep going up.
Since 2010, the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 2.6–2.8% per year, while the broader CPI for consumer goods (all items less food and energy) has risen at about 2.2–2.4% per year.
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2025 Nov 25, 11:02pm
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2025 Nov 25, 11:02pm
I remember around 2019 the $1 McDonalds value meals including cheeseburger and breakfast sausage biscuit and $5 footlong Subway sandwiches
now its like $9.50 for a footlong sandwich and $3.25 for a cheeseburger and $2.59 for breakfast sausage biscuit
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/uproar-over-4-dollar-fries-shows-just-how-severely-americas-standard-living-has
some of this price increase is that locally in Panama City Beach the starting hourly wage is $16 when it was around $10 back in 2019
now its like $9.50 for a footlong sandwich and $3.25 for a cheeseburger and $2.59 for breakfast sausage biscuit
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/uproar-over-4-dollar-fries-shows-just-how-severely-americas-standard-living-has
some of this price increase is that locally in Panama City Beach the starting hourly wage is $16 when it was around $10 back in 2019
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2025 Dec 3, 2:33pm
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2025 Dec 3, 2:33pm
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/02/apartment-rents-vacancies-november.html
The national median rent for apartments fell 1% in November from October, and now stands at $1,367, according to Apartment List.
The national multifamily vacancy rate was 7.2% in November, a record high.
The historic surge in multifamily construction over the past few years is now pulling back, but a good supply of new units is still coming online at a time of much weaker demand.
The national median rent for apartments fell 1% in November from October, and now stands at $1,367, according to Apartment List.
The national multifamily vacancy rate was 7.2% in November, a record high.
The historic surge in multifamily construction over the past few years is now pulling back, but a good supply of new units is still coming online at a time of much weaker demand.
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2025 Dec 4, 10:02am
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2025 Dec 4, 10:02am
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/science-cafe-thursday-december-4
What most pundits miss is that Democrats handed Trump an “affordability” katana— and he’s now swinging it around, with gusto.
Everyone focuses on money printing as the big driver of Bidenflation. And absolutely, that played the starring role. But the chart at the top of this post tells the other untold part of the story: regulations themselves quietly ratcheted prices upward. Biden’s team made everything more expensive on purpose. Trump is now dismantling that machinery— and racing down the political highway at 90 mph.
Cutting suffocating regulations is the lowest of low-hanging fruit, and Trump is shaking the whole tree.
Democrats might regret turning “affordability” into their rallying cry. It just gave Trump the political cover to bulldoze one of their most cherished regulatory temples—and hand working families cars they can actually afford again.
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2025 Dec 5, 9:30pm
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2025 Dec 5, 9:30pm
PCE reported today for September 2025 and it is 2.8% (annual inflation).
If working class can keep earning 3 to 4% annual income increases while inflation remains below 3% for another 10 years then living conditions should improve.
If working class can keep earning 3 to 4% annual income increases while inflation remains below 3% for another 10 years then living conditions should improve.
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Frankly, I prefer my spaceship to have big tits and not fake inflated ones.
EDIT - numbers drop:
America goes back to the 80s: Surging gas prices and higher rents push inflation to 41-year high of 8.5% as White House blames it on Putin invading Ukraine
The consumer price index rose 8.5% in March from a year ago, the fastest increase since December 1981
Housing costs, which make up about a third of the index, have escalated and show no signs of cooling
Gasoline prices soared 49% in March from a year ago as the war in Ukraine rocked energy markets
Biden's administration tried to get ahead of the dire inflation news by blaming Russian leader Vladimir Putin
But Republicans place the blame for soaring prices on 'Democrats' reckless spending and failed policies'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10711311/Inflation-soars-new-41-year-high-8-5.html?source=patrick.net