6.4% in January
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It's the 10% food price rate which is the killer, and obviously affects normal and poorer folk more. Our last grocery was actually quite surprising. And not in a good way.
Jon and Horace probably aren't too bothered as they debate whether to trade in the expensive piano for an even more expensive piano, and whether they can lose more money with AAPL or GOOGL investments. For the rest of us poor schlubs, it's a cold, hard, unforgiving world out there.
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It's the 10% food price rate which is the killer, and obviously affects normal and poorer folk more. Our last grocery was actually quite surprising. And not in a good way.
Jon and Horace probably aren't too bothered as they debate whether to trade in the expensive piano for an even more expensive piano, and whether they can lose more money with AAPL or GOOGL investments. For the rest of us poor schlubs, it's a cold, hard, unforgiving world out there.
@Doctor-Phibes said in 6.4% in January:
It's the 10% food price rate which is the killer, and obviously affects normal and poorer folk more. Our last grocery was actually quite surprising. And not in a good way.
Jon and Horace probably aren't too bothered as they debate whether to trade in the expensive piano for an even more expensive piano, and whether they can lose more money with AAPL or GOOGL investments. For the rest of us poor schlubs, it's a cold, hard, unforgiving world out there.
To me, it’s the compounding inflation that’s the bigger issue. The 6.4 is probably as much of an actual CPI increase as last year’s historic 7.5% January…
And we are damn lucky that it’s been a mild winter.
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Just as an observation...Wife is helping her mom and dad lock in their funeral costs. $25k for the two of them, not including cemetery costs (headstone, plot, etc.)
That represents almost a 10% increase in the last year or so. And...the person at the funeral home told them they are expecting another price increase in the next 60 days, due to rising costs on their end.
