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

submitted 5 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Inflation on important things is rather in the 10s or 20s with certain food items going up 50%-100% since 2020. the inflation numbers are completely artificial imo.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/08/business/tracking-us-food-prices-eggs-dg

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 5 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

[–] StalinistApologist@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

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

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