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Old 07-13-2023, 11:19 AM
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Default 3% over last year

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
Inflation was as high as 9.1% nationwide a year ago. We were still recovering from global shut-downs post-pandemic, restoring jobs lost, getting manufacturers back on track, and a bunch of other stuff that's political so I won't detail it here but - politics certainly played some part.

The good news, is that the inflation rate has been in decline for the past 12 months, consecutively, and hit 3% as of the end of June.
That is a 3% increase over and above last years 9.1%. 3 % sounds good but it just added on the the already high prices.