That statement sounds transitory

When gas has dropped to 3 dollars a gallon it seems like a lot of things dropped right after the election.

The Demon crats must have manipulated the entire world demand for oil in order to squeak out an almost-victory in the Senate and loss in the House.

Or was it the Republicunts who controlled the entire world demand for oil?

Edit: /s you dense fucks

After all the rate hikes, it would be pretty concerning if there was no progress.

How do the democrats in the US control demand around the world?

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Poe's Law dude.

Since the "Fed" wants employee wages gutted, they will switch to another indicator that fits their agenda.

OPEC and US oil industry are incentivized to have as few employees as possible for a profit.

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I can see why they like that measure, stripping out food must do wonders for the inflation number. Just got back from the grocery store - the price of eggs is up 900% from what it was last year!

Maybe they could get creative, keep the price the same but only put 1 1/2 eggs in each carton! We'll never know the difference. /s

The Hershey's Method

I've seen this type of comment made unironically too many times to count, it's sad to say but it's not obvious sarcasm these days

900%? Where are you buying eggs? If anything maybe prices doubled at worst.

900%? So a $2 carton of eggs last year is $18 now???

They pick and choose which items are considered to ensure this is the lowest possible figure.

It's blatant manipulation to keep us ignorant of the shitstorm we are in.

You're exactly right.

It's likely you're being downvoted by bots. Or morons.

My first thought as well.

More like a $0.44 carton of eggs is now $4.40. Admittedly, 44 cents was unusually low but $4.40 for the same thing was a shocker.

Not saying I don't believe you, but that seems awfully low/high. I was buying eggs at Trader Joe's for $3.50/dozen last year, they've been close to that price for past 6 or 7 years. Those same eggs are around $4.50/dozen now.

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Even if the avian flu is doing massive damage like no way 900%

Where the hell do you live that a dozen eggs was $.44 even before the pandemic? Around $3-$4 is pretty standard where I’m from and is now up to about $6. 900% would have me paying $27-$36 per dozen eggs, which obviously would be pretty insane.

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Port Huron, MI. We have an Aldi and I was surprised by how low the price was myself. You know how some people open up the carton to check if eggs are broken? I didn't bother, who cares if one or two are broke at that price? It didn't last though, and prices keep moving up.

Lets us reduce inflation percentage increases by excluding food and energy in our study/survey 😅😅😅

Michigan. 3.67 average still