Over the last 12 months housing has increased 18%, food is up 13%, and gasoline 19%. that's a long way from your claim of 100%-200%, a huge exaggeration. You are also ignoring other major costs that have not gone up that much such as taxes, utilities, clothing, medical care, and education.
Inflation may be slowing overall, but food prices are still sky-high.
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By Jared Bernstein, Ernie Tedeschi, and Sarah Robinson The pandemic has seen extraordinary growth in home values. Pandemic-related market disruptions, like increased demand and rising building costs as well as other long-term supply constraints in the housing market have contributed to record...
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You are CLUELESS, and totally DUPED by the mainstream media, and their TOTALLY FAKE news.
In 2018, I was paying
$550/mo for a 1 bdrm apt in a rather nice apt complex. A new owner bought the place, and increased the rent to
$900/mo instantly. In 18 months, that jumped to
$1400/mo (155% inflation)
I moved out of that place, and got an apt which in 2021, was
$600/mo. New owner raised the rent to
$850. I moved out again. That apt which was $600/mo in Dec 2021, went up to
$1200/mo in June 2022. (100% inflation). It's expected to be
$1500/mo in January (150% inflation)
Apartment rent increases from $600/mo (1 bdrm) are COMMONLY now renting for over $2,000/mo all over the state of Florida, and we're not the worst state. Landlords are running wild, and
with no rent control in sight.
Average gas price now is $3.70/gal. When Trump left office Shell station on my street was charging $1.89/gal (100% inflation), and it was much worse than that before Biden recklessly tapped into our oil reserve system.
Food prices are up waaaay more than 13%. Maybe a few foods are only that much but mist are mire like 100-150% inflation.
You need to sit quietly, take a deep-breath, tune out the media jibberish, and take a good hard look at the REAL WORLD all around you.