Jessica Yellin Instagram – IT COSTS WHAT?!
From housing to eggs – prices are skyrocketing again.
Brace yourself. Higher tariffs could mean still bigger price hikes.
Egg inflation has been a big driver of rising food costs. It accounted for nearly 2/3rds of last month’s food price increase according to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Bird flu is largely to blame- fewer chickens means fewer eggs.
Drought, high grain prices and interest rates are pushing record-high prices for meat products including ground beef and steak.
Housing is another. The latest Consumer Price Index showed shelter inflation — a measure of the average cost of US housing — rose to 4.4% year-over-year in January. It remains a major factor in keeping core inflation high.
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