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USDA economists last month projected food increase prices in 20202 of 2%-3% and food away from home 3-4%. This doesn't jive with this at all. Meat, poultry, e
by shawn-butler 5y ago
USDA economists last month projected food increase prices in 20202 of 2%-3% and food away from home 3-4%.
This doesn't jive with this at all.
Meat, poultry, eggs jumped 12-13% and seems like that isn't coming down anytime soon.
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- Rebelgecko 5y agoThose aren't mutually exclusive. Beef seems to be one of the things that have gone up substantially, but beef is a small fraction of most people's food budget. I'm currently paying about $0.65 per bell pepper which is something like 20% cheaper than they were when prices peaked in 2011, if you trust The Fed[1] [1]: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000712406 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000712406