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From what baseline? The pandemic dip? Or pre-pandemic levels? Here's some actual journalism: https://jabberwocking.com/the-price-of-bacon-is-up-8-1/ https://ja
by splatcollision 5y ago
From what baseline? The pandemic dip? Or pre-pandemic levels?
Here's some actual journalism: https://jabberwocking.com/the-price-of-bacon-is-up-8-1/ https://jabberwocking.com/the-price-of-bacon-is-up-8-1/
- prepend 5y agoThis is the CPI, it’s measured the same way it always is. There’s value in watching it, not sensationalizing it. The 12 month rolling chart straight from BLS [0] I think provides more info. And if you want more trends than just prices against the previous year, you can look at the absolute chart for some of the items they track [1]. Check out how bananas and electricity haven’t changed in 20 years, woot! [0] https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-pri... [1] https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-pri...
- splatcollision 5y agoYep remember who owns the WSJ and what their agenda is. Replace WSJ with any news outlet!
- yrro 5y ago[1] should be https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-average-price-data.htm https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-pri... I think
- prepend 5y agoYes, thank you. That’s the right link!
- sagarm 5y agoThe price of gasoline is incredibly volatile. It regularly hits 50% y/y change!
- doitLP 5y agoThank you. Excellent little piece and yet another lesson in how bad even “gold-standard” news outlets are. It’s actually dangerous to report like this because major decisions are made off headlines like that every day.