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#inflation · 3 voices

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• My grocery bill for two people is consistently $380 to $400 a month now. Two years ago it was $220. I cook at home, buy generic, avoid waste. Done everything right. But eggs, chicken, produce, olive oil keep creeping up every few weeks. I'm not poor but I'm definitely calculating differently than I…
• I just paid $6.49 for a dozen eggs and $11 for a small block of cheese. We are a family of four eating on a budget and I genuinely cannot figure out where to cut anymore. We already stopped eating out months ago. The explanations make zero sense when prices keep going up on things made right here.
• Fed held rates again. Analysts say maybe one cut in the fall. Gas is down, market is volatile, and everything that matters for day to day life is still expensive. The economic mood right now is confusing in a way that is hard to describe.