Inflation and contemporary forms. . .

I hear so darned much about inflation- it must be real. but with only some exceptions I really don't notice it

Is the cat food for you?

The price of Chanel fragrances is through the roof, OP.

R2, I should amend the post, I have two (furry four legged) dependents

r3, is that true? I wouldn't know. if all the ballyhooing about inflation is about imported luxury goods then FOOEY

Inflation, greed-flation, call it what you will. The price of everything has gone up.

However, I was shocked (in a good way) that the cost of gas, at Costco, was $2.679 yesterday!! I live in Central/Northern NJ.

I live not that far away from you, R6, but what I buy doesn't seem to have changed much, and my wages have increased

R5 yes it's true, luxury prices are through the roof. A 74 ml bottle of Coromandel is $325. The "classic flap" bag is over 10K.

I was posting. just to join your Frank Capra cosplay, however. Fooey is correct.

So OP is economizing by living on Normandy blend and cat food?

What is Normandy blend?

[quote] The Meat

Why did you capitalize meat?

That’s what they serve at the nursing home.

Actually I looked at frozen broccoli but the fresh crowns were the same price. So I bought those

[quote] veggies

Or vegetables.

The cost of housing is #1 inflationary issue nationwide. If working people can't afford to keep a roof over their heads the rest is irrelevant.

That I get. I have had the same rent for the past five years, and I consider myself very fortunate for that. Housing NEEDS to be affordable

OP, you're doing well! No rent increase in five years, increase in wages. I'd say you're living the life of Riley!

I've had the same rent for 25 years. In Geneva Switzerland. It started off expensive but it's dirt cheap now.

R18, maybe this was posted in jest, but yes, I feel very fortunate. But I hear vociferous complaints about “this is the very worst economy ever!!” And I wonder if the price of bread/gas/housing has changed much more in other community in my country than where I live

Again, the biggest difference I see from five years ago is the cost of services. And this is to be expected.

It doesn’t take much - a good amount of grocery staples being 50 cents to a dollar more than they used to be really adds up. Low income and working class people and families were already struggling in America before inflation. A half gallon of milk is still almost 3 bucks at a discount store here. Even cheap cheap poverty meals like the banquet pot pies, those used to be 48-68 cents and are now 1.48 or something.

"Between July 2023 and July 2024, food prices rose 2.2% - down from 4.9% the previous 12-month period, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But even with cooling food inflation, grocery prices are up about 25% compared to 2019, according to the bureau."

Hard not to notice spending 25% more on your grocery list, I would think, but good on you if your locale has somehow managed to stave off food inflation, OP. That's not the case across most of America.

[quote] A half gallon of milk is still almost 3 bucks at a discount store here.

my point is that that seems the very same price it was in 2018 in my neighborhood. I understand how the working classes get feel nickeled and dimed. I just wonder where that is happening.

[quote]Hard not to notice spending 25% more on your grocery list, I would think, but good on you if your locale has somehow managed to stave off food inflation, OP.

I'm serious when I say that prices for food haven't changed much, indeed maybe a quarter at most. that seems like normal inflation for me in my lifetime. do I simply live in an incredibly expensive part of the world?