Inflation was caused by printing money (see M2)

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May 15, 2024
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BYU'01

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Food inflation has been crazy these last 3 years

Benfica1

May 13, 4:51pm

Rising prices. Shrinking boxes/bags. An nasty combo.

KCFan85

May 13, 4:54pm

Fed says food away from home inflation YoY is 4.2%

RyneK

May 13, 4:54pm

An absolutely laughable claim.

Yucatan

May 13, 4:55pm

Like most Fed numbers that seems really low. 3.19 McD breakfast now is 5.29.

Ycrazy

May 13, 4:56pm

When was it 3.19? Prices went crazy but things do seem to have moderated a bit

cougarfann888

May 13, 5:26pm

Probably been a year or so. Maybe more I do not go often. Less now

Ycrazy

May 13, 8:14pm

Today Coke $2.49; Hashbrowns $3.49, and pancakes without egg or sausage $5.69

Pick-Six Coug

May 13, 8:32pm

I do the lion's share of the grocery shopping for my family. What I'm seeing for

gwalker

May 13, 5:00pm

$600 monthly grocery bill for a family? Teach me your ways

machete

May 13, 5:03pm

Truthfully that was probably for half a month when I had eight people (7 adults)

gwalker

May 13, 5:05pm

Not buying prepackaged is a big difference (including not eating out).

Narfin'Coug

May 13, 5:33pm

How does this respond to a post with year over year numbers?

TCuz

May 13, 5:10pm

I'd have to go back and look at each year, but they've never shown a Year over

gwalker

May 13, 5:23pm

Well, that number YoY is 1.2% March'23 to March'24. According to them.

RyneK

May 13, 5:13pm

Some things have gone up 2-300% since 2021. I regularly adjust what I buy

AF Cougar

May 13, 11:03pm

Last time I went to Chick-fil-A I was shocked by how much more expensive it

IrishBlue

May 13, 5:02pm

Agreed and I am thinking this is the reason the lines there have shrunk

PROBcoug

May 13, 5:27pm

Huh. I hadn't thought about that, but you are right. I almost never have

IrishBlue

May 13, 9:20pm

But, but.....I've been told by the elites that the economy is doing great!!!!

CObluezone

May 13, 5:10pm

Grateful for rising food & home prices in Utah. We can only

gopman

May 13, 5:15pm

Please sacrifice your income to supplement my financial shortcomings 🙏🏼

CertainDeath

May 13, 5:21pm

Unfortunately I'm above that. I'm also hopeful the Church & its

gopman

May 13, 5:28pm

Non-conformist soy boy bros don’t believe you.

mulletino

May 13, 5:21pm

The Pres says its okay because "you can afford it"

Count Cougar

May 13, 5:22pm

RE: The Pres says its okay because "you can afford it"

temosabe

May 13, 6:12pm

its what he said

Count Cougar

May 13, 6:36pm

Man= President = a joke

temosabe

May 13, 6:52pm

It's killing my professional organization on annual conference costs.

runnincoug

May 13, 5:29pm

Fast food combo meal was about $7 in 2020. Now it's about $12.

The Y's Insider

May 13, 5:52pm

Since 2021, huh? Seems you know who to blame.

2FarGone

May 13, 6:02pm

The fire was lit by Trump. JB threw gas on it.

the rural juror

May 13, 6:11pm

RE: The fire was lit by Trump. JB threw gas on it.

dc2650

May 13, 6:53pm

Half right, early 2021 was fine, then bam record inflation, poor economy

futbalmaven

May 13, 10:46pm

Trump would have done something to address it. Biden doesn’t care.

AF Cougar

May 13, 10:58pm

Trump is the king of debt. He is already talking about ways to force

cougarfann888

May 13, 11:24pm

Trump would have sexually assaulted the inflation.

chochera

May 14, 11:38am

Dude spent money like it doesn’t matter. Unfortunately most don’t care to do the

Bin01015

May 14, 9:41pm

Inflation was at 1.4% when Biden took office. Spending power reduction w/Biden

futbalmaven

May 14, 9:48pm

Just because it happened during one president’s term doesn’t mean it is because

Bin01015

May 14, 10:19pm

Nice try, not buying it. Inflation was primarily driven up due to energy costs

futbalmaven

May 15, 6:17am

Here is a great post helping you understand the year it started, when Trump was

Bin01015

May 15, 6:41am

Inflation was at 1.4% when Biden took office & skyrocketed to 9% later

futbalmaven

May 15, 6:57am

Let me give you analogy.

Bin01015

May 15, 7:24am

Yep, 2021 was at 1.4% to start. Took til 2022 to hit record inflation at 9%

futbalmaven

May 15, 7:30am

No rational economist will deny that Biden pushed inflation higher but if they are rational they won't deny that Trump

PROBcoug

May 15, 9:25am

RE: No rational economist will deny that Biden pushed inflation higher but if

Benfica1

May 15, 9:48am

Don't deny that Trump contributed, but imo compared to Biden, it was quite minor

futbalmaven

May 15, 10:59am

Trump was not trying to contain inflation. Biden was actively working to spike

NYC and Japan

May 15, 8:08am

No doubt printing money for years has nothing to do with it

niqmadu

May 15, 6:57am

Three $2000 checks for EVERY adult by DJT in 2020. Printing money = inflation

Greg4BYU

May 15, 7:10am

At least the checks went to help Americans. I do not like that it happened, but

SoBlueitHurts

May 15, 1:06pm

But to say that inflation is all Biden's fault is not truthful. Printing money

Greg4BYU

May 15, 1:51pm

I blame Biden, Trump, and Obama admins. We printed so much money during Obama

TailgateU

May 15, 10:36am

Inflation was caused by printing money (see M2)

BYU'01

May 15, 5:42pm

Take a look around the globe.

chochera

May 14, 11:41am

You mean because the vaccine wasn’t mandated. So he tried to fire everyone who

septicpumper

May 15, 6:42am

Covid response has a huge deal to do with inflation. I would NOT say he's done a

Spine

May 15, 10:33am

RE: Food inflation has been crazy these last 3 years

futbalmaven

May 13, 7:56pm

I want to 5 guys and got a jr burger and small fries. It was $954.21

Ojiisan

May 13, 8:03pm

RE: Food inflation has been crazy these last 3 years

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