Soaring Food Inflation Full Frontal: Beef, Pork And Shrimp Prices Soar To Record Highs
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/15/2014 17:29 -0400
We previously noted that both beef and pork (courtesy of the affectionately named Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus) prices have been reaching new all time highs on an almost daily basis. It is time to update the chart. Below we show what a world in which the Fed is constantly lamenting the lack of inflation looks like for beef prices...
Gasoline prices can double; the cost to heat and cool your home can skyrocket; and now the prices of beef, pork and shrimp are soaring. Yet inflation is non-existant!
Likewise, more people are unemployed or under-employed than ever before, yet the unemployment rate has gone down!
ZitatSo for all those whose sustenance includes iPads and LCD TVs, or heaven forbid the pink slime known as fast food - you are in luck: the BLS' hedonic adjustments mean the rate of price increase in your daily consumption has rarely been lower. For everyone else: our condolences.