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Patrick
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2025 Aug 1, 1:00pm
Patrick
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2025 Aug 1, 1:00pm
https://rudy.substack.com/p/valuation-ambiguity
Taco Bell, September 2020 vs today.
Soft Taco: 2020 $1.29, Today $1.99, BLS Calculator: $1.60
Soft Taco Supreme: 2020, $1.79 Today, $2.99 BLS Calculator: $2.22
BLS calculator understates here by 25%-35%.
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AD
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2025 Aug 17, 12:42am
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2025 Aug 17, 12:42am
In 1967, the Big Mac debuted at the princely sum of 45 cents. That seems like a joke to us by 2020s pricing standards, but McDonald's execs actually fretted over the sum, since, at the time, a basic drive-thru hamburger cost just 18 cents. As of this writing, the average price for a modern Big Mac varies by state, with diners in Austin, Texas paying $4.36, and Big Mac lovers in Seattle paying $7.06. Driven by inflation, the average price of a Big Mac has swelled by 141% in the last five years, which is extra disappointing when you consider that, if it were adjusted for inflation, the 1967 price tag of 45 cents translates to just $4.23 in today's dollars. Unless you grab a Big Mac on the lowest end in the Lone Star State, you are likely paying significantly more for it today.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-price-of-a-big-mac-when-it-debuted-in-1967-is-laughable-today/ar-AA1KzWZv
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-price-of-a-big-mac-when-it-debuted-in-1967-is-laughable-today/ar-AA1KzWZv
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HeadSet
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2025 Aug 17, 1:11pm
HeadSet
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2025 Aug 17, 1:11pm
It seems the word is out to talk up inflation. Pick you start and end dates carefully and be sure to use spice words like "explodes," "surges," "skyrocketing," "spiked," etc. Gee, with this looming hyperinflation the Fed should actually raise rates.
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MolotovCocktail
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2025 Aug 18, 9:48am
MolotovCocktail
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2025 Aug 18, 9:48am
HeadSet says
There won't be hyperinflation.
Gee, with this looming hyperinflation the Fed should actually raise rates.
There won't be hyperinflation.
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AD
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2025 Aug 30, 3:06pm
AD
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2025 Aug 30, 3:06pm
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annual inflation as per PCE remains steady below 3% and is currently 2.6% , however PCE minus food and energy (called core PCE) is at 2.9% :-/
https://www.bea.gov/data/personal-consumption-expenditures-price-index
Truflation another closely followed calculation of annual inflation is at 2.16%
https://truflation.com/marketplace/us-inflation-rate
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annual inflation as per PCE remains steady below 3% and is currently 2.6% , however PCE minus food and energy (called core PCE) is at 2.9% :-/
https://www.bea.gov/data/personal-consumption-expenditures-price-index
Truflation another closely followed calculation of annual inflation is at 2.16%
https://truflation.com/marketplace/us-inflation-rate
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rocketjoe79
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2025 Oct 13, 12:10pm
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2025 Oct 13, 12:10pm
Haagen Daz reduced the quantity by sneakily moving up the bottom of the container.
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Patrick
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2025 Oct 15, 7:37pm
Patrick
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2025 Oct 15, 7:37pm
rocketjoe79 says
Lots of stuff like that going on lately.
Trader Joe's had a very good Ethiopian whole bean Arabica coffee, but lowered the quality in the last year to the point where it's painful to drink. Same packaging. Pretty sure it's now Robusta, which tastes like rope.
https://www.lavazzausa.com/en/recipes-and-coffee-hacks/difference-type-arabica-robusta-coffee
Haagen Daz reduced the quantity by sneakily moving up the bottom of the container.
Lots of stuff like that going on lately.
Trader Joe's had a very good Ethiopian whole bean Arabica coffee, but lowered the quality in the last year to the point where it's painful to drink. Same packaging. Pretty sure it's now Robusta, which tastes like rope.
https://www.lavazzausa.com/en/recipes-and-coffee-hacks/difference-type-arabica-robusta-coffee
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https://patrick.net/post/1344548/2022-04-11-putin-s-price-hike-failing-administrati
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