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US inflation hits 3% for first time since January (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

oh for sure, they exclude things like gas and rent calling them too volatile, but that's what people actually care about day to day

[–] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 months ago

Big box warehouse trip recently, grocery items significantly up, brand name clothing about the same or a bit less, which indicates, in my mind, necessary goods that are nature - made are not so readily producible are going to continue to rise in price as the climate continues to heat up, while manufactured goods will be overabundant; I am not imagining workers in either industry to have much improved pay or conditions, as market needs will justify one and market saturation to justify the other.

[–] StalinistApologist@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

gas is a bit high but reasonable atm. rent is not