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minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·10 hours agoCan confirm - I track grocery prices every week and the cumulative “Biden inflation” was about 17% over 4 years, or about 4% per year average. Last week was already a 15% yoy increase, and some stuff is legitimately 100% yoy already.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours ago and some stuff is legitimately 100% yoy already. It’s 100% day over day – or rather, 145% or even 170% day over day – because that’s what happens when you apply a 145 or 170% tariff to it!
Can confirm - I track grocery prices every week and the cumulative “Biden inflation” was about 17% over 4 years, or about 4% per year average. Last week was already a 15% yoy increase, and some stuff is legitimately 100% yoy already.
It’s 100% day over day – or rather, 145% or even 170% day over day – because that’s what happens when you apply a 145 or 170% tariff to it!