• dragontamer@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I’d be interested in seeing a price comparison of some specific items over the course of the last four years.

    That’s called the CPI and its what the topic is about. I highly suggest you read the CPI releases. You might learn something. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

    I mean, I’m reading the chart and it’s saying prices are up 21% since '21 but I am not personally seeing that. I’m curious as to why that may be. The 22% for ‘food away from home’ though, I can absolutely confirm in my experience.

    CPI splits Urban vs Rural, and into economic zones like East, West, and… even by State.

    https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t04.htm

    If you want some help browsing these statistics, feel free to ping me.

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      6 months ago

      I’m not seeing specific items in that link. I’m thinking, for example, a 3 lb chicken, a pound of 80/20 ground beef, a pound of honey crisp apples, a head of romaine lettuce, etc.

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      6 months ago

      The second link is interesting. I’m in the Philadelphia area which is one of the greater percentage increases. I’d like to know what exactly is being indexed.