Looks like my rates are going up 2.9%

Somebody get a spreadsheet.

:sigh:

Yikes - just read the chart you supplied - those orange lines are consumed by non-rich people (food, electricity, healthcare, housing)......

According to the fake media, it's only 3%....but we all know they lie.

What created inflation?
 

Technology creates inflation........... more technology more costs more inflation, there are no cost savings from technology, peoples wants (more and more technology)are more than their needs today, that spells inflation, its not going away until people start living within their means.......and not must have the the next gadgets..(not needed)........
I am not a robot, take the test below

Just put the 2025 winter rates into my spreadsheet and here are the results for a resident member before taxes.

Orange Blossom up 2.75%
Hacienda Hills up 8.66%
Southern Oaks up 3.97%
Palmer up 12.95%
All other up 3.60%

Shallow Creek didn’t exist, so no comparison.

Bummer for me, both Palmer and Hacienda Hills are close to home and frequent plays.

I have never done the shopping in my household, but my wife is out of town. The bag of Lay's potato chips at $7 was a stunner!

& probably fewer chips in the bag.

:sad:

Chips
 

Store brand Chips are 2.00. same size......... its all about branding and peoples inability to change..........

Them 2 dozen/week...

You are spot on. The housing market is lacking affordable housing in all major population centers.

After reading all this thread, inflation seems to be about the same as it has always been.
Sometimes low, sometimes high, always with us, a bit like the weather really. :shrug:

Well if you ignore the inflation of 21 and 22 then you may have a point. Especially real estate and car prices. And no doubt it had an major impact on the election.

Been a lot worse years than 21 and 22, and a long run of better ones

Swings and roundabouts.

Yes, starting with companies always want to increase profits so they increase prices on products when they can. Employees say., hey, we need to get some of that too! So employees have an annual pay raise. Suppliers do the same.

All is fine until demand drops off for whatever reason, and prices can't rise.
When this happens, mgmt still wants their incentive payment for growth so
they take steps to reduce costs first in the supply chain, secondarily with layoffs.

When goods and services have zero inflation, corporate incentive programs for growth starts pressuring supply chains and labor costs.

So what's good for the consumer might not be good for the consumer to lose his/her job.
So be careful what you wish for

counter point obviously

LOTS of price gauging,!!!!!

don't you hate spell checker?
its just getting worse with the AI anticipation errors. . .

Check out the profits from the grocery chains you support. They ain't going broke. Kroger gross profit for the twelve months ending October 31, 2024 was $33.903B, a 4.26% increase year-over-year. Kroger annual gross profit for 2024 was $33.364B, a 4.99% increase from 2023.

Why compare gross profits? Net income was lower for the period ending 1/31/2024 compared to 1/31/2023. They need to do a better job "gouging":smiley:

You are correct. CPI does not include food or gasoline. So if you don't eat or drive you will be fine.

Where??

I don't know where you're seeing Lays potato chips for $7, but Publix is having a BOGO sale on them. Their regular price is $4.99 so you can get two for 5 bucks. Not sure which size bag it is, but it'd be between 4.5 and 8 ounces.

You can get the party-size bag (13 ounces) at Walmart for $6.49 I think. And at BJ's you get the Super-Ridiculous-Huge bag, 2 of them, for $9.99

A lot fewer. :rant-rave:

so is the price of potato chips up or down? I can't keep track. .

So if the price of eggs is
3.99 at Walmart,
4.99 at Publiks
5.99 at Winn-Dixie

is the price up or down in the inflation calculation?
I can't keep track


Whomever said that he never shops but his wife was out of town,
should not be allowed to comment on prices. . that is just too tradfi

:boxing2::boxing2:

Political Commentary Alert!

Dunno. I do the shopping for the family. But eggs are probably the WORST comparison item to use. I think it started by people just spewing hyperbole to trigger emotional responses.

I pay $5 and change for my dozen eggs. At Walmart. I've been paying that for 5 out of the almost-six years I've been living here. Even when the prices for eggs were down, I've spent more. At Walmart. Why? Because I don't get nasty white factory eggs with small, pale yellow yolks. I get eggs from pasture-raised hens. They cost more. Their prices fluctuate less, because they tend to not have bird flu breakouts on small farms that don't keep their hens cooped up 24/7. The eggs tend to be bigger, the yolks are more orange rather than yellow, chock-full of protein (in the whites) and lutein (in the yolks).

So while everyone is complaining about the extra 7 CENTS per egg between today and a year ago, I'm paying the same higher price, getting consistency, and not feeling like I'm being priced into starvation.

Also, gas has been $2.71 for the past 10 days at BJ's. In a community where so many people brag about how they can afford to dine out at the better restaurants, and go on trips, and drive nice cars - some people seem to be pretty whiny about really stupid things.