How is inflation in your country

Crazy diesel is still going up in the summer never seen anything like this usually it goes down not up as far back as i can remember.
The housing market is bonkers atm to qualify you need to be making over 100k a year my nephew wanted to buy a house but can`t at this rate only the rich will be able to buy a house.
 
Try $7 a gallon = approx 6 £

LOL, California used to be the place to move to about 30 years ago, but now everyone is leaving faster than ever. I don't blame them.



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So, prices have continued to climb. Remember I said Celery Stalks were $3.50? They are now $4.00. I mean, I expect some changes due to season but Ive never seen it this high! Everywhere in the store is empty shelves. It was on Global News the other day there is going to be a Saracha shortage because not enough chili peppers!
 
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So, prices have continued to climb. Remember I said Celery Stalks were $3.50? They are now $4.00. I mean, I expect some changes due to season but Ive never seen it this high! Everywhere in the store is empty shelves. It was on Global News the other day there is going to be a Saracha shortage because not enough chili peppers!
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Romain lettuce use to sell for $2.99 in 2019 now its $12.99 here food prices are getting out of control if this keeps up regular people will be starving at this rate when i was a kid a large bag of brand name chips use to sell for 75 cents now sells for $6+.
Subway in 2019 foot long ham sub use to sell for $6.86 inc tax now same sub is $9.80.
 
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Romain lettuce use to sell for $2.99 in 2019 now its $12.99 here food prices are getting out of control if this keeps up regular people will be starving at this rate when i was a kid a large bag of brand name chips use to sell for 75 cents now sells for $6+.
Subway in 2019 foot long ham sub use to sell for $6.86 inc tax now same sub is $9.80.
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That's what these global elitists want. Price the average person out so they can have complete control over everything. It's getting very concerning looking into the future right now.
 
Petrol prices fluctuate here in Adelaide. It jumped from around $1.20 per liter (1 year ago) to around $2.20 per liter now. It changes weekly.
The war in Ukraine hiked the price up to around $2.30 /L for a few weeks but has since stabilised to around $1.70 /L

Oil companies are one of the greediest companies in existence and it's not helped by governments who tax the begeezuz out of fuel and everything associated with it.

Oil companies are also running scared right now because of the growing number of electric vehicles now proliferating. Their profits would wane if they didn't increase fuel prices.
Regulatory bodies who monitor fuel prices don't really care because they know the taxes are needed too.

In Australia 99% of goods are transported by road and have been for the past 40 years.
I remember when mile long trains would roll into rail freight yards to be unloaded onto trucks and delivered all over. The trains are gone now, replaced by passenger services only.

But 1 train can be replaced by 60+ trucks.
Simple economics shows that you cant tax a train that much, but a truck uses fuel, tyres, parts, a driver/s and the myriad services associated with the trucking industry etc etc that can all be taxed.

The price of groceries, clothing, services etc rises and falls on the back of fuel prices
 
I use to buy a hamburger combo for under 50 cents now it costs $13 also have a friend that is a nurse the number of senior citizens going into the hospital has tripled for serious malnutrition old age pensions are not keeping up with runaway inflation going on right now.
One of my oldest customers works at food bank se says the number of people using food bank has tripled last 3 months.
Seems every 2 weeks the prices at subway go up by 20 cents now and my favorite Chinese restaurant combo use to cost $6.86 now in 2019 now it is over $17.
when i was a kid i use to be able to buy alot with one dollar now you can`t even buy a box of Kraft dinner with that it is $2 box oops as of this edit it has gone from $1.99 to $3.59 lol.
 
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I bought a prius in early 2021 and I am grateful every single day I did. Fillups are still cheap and infrequent.
 
Looks like people had enough with inflation many protest worldwide and major strikes in UK and France the Canadian federal government next year is going to triple taxes next year i can see this happening before summer here.
Once the carbon tax hits in April fuel prices will rise energy prices will rise then grocery prices will rise even more.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64012800
 
Galdorf said:
Looks like people had enough with inflation many protest worldwide and major strikes in UK and France the Canadian federal government next year is going to triple taxes next year i can see this happening before summer here.
Once the carbon tax hits in April fuel prices will rise energy prices will rise then grocery prices will rise even more.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64012800
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This whole carbon tax thing is just another scam. The entire world is going to be a hell hole soon if we don't stop where this is all heading.
 
Inflation is general is pretty nuts now.

I just broke the six figure income range, which for my parts of the US was something.... a few years ago. Now I feel comfortably into the middle class. Might sound silly, but with the cost of food, cost of fuel, cost of... everything... I mean if your a homeowner in the US with at least one kid and you make less than 60K a year? Your pretty much poor in todays world. Razor thin margin of error there.... furance breaks? You need a bank loan. Car breaks? Better hope it's not expensive.

The benefit cliff, along with inflation has pretty much pushed being the threshold to no longer be considered poor or in poverty up pretty high.


A can of condensed chicken noodle soup... "on sale" 2 mid sized cans for $4. 80/20 hamburger is now approaching $4 a pound. My local grocery stores had chicken thighs and chicken legs at almost $2 a pound. Pre pandemic.... they often went on sale for $59 or $69 cents a pound. Milk oddly enough hasn't moved, but it's still near $5 a gallon (and has been for probably close to 10 years here in PA). A dozen of eggs is almost $4. I remember at the start of the pandemic one food wholesaler often had two and a half dozen packs (so 30 eggs) for $5 and now again... 12 eggs are $4.

Utilities are another big one. Natural gas and electric both got big price hikes here in the states this year "due to shortages and demand". Biggest load of hog wash I've ever head. This year, this ONE YEAR out of... the last 15 or so that I've been paying my own way in life... we suddenly have explosive growth in demand and shortage? Give me a break.


My electric bills average about $200 a month, gas bills probably something similar.... water bill about $150. Food. I likely spend $800 a month just on groceries, and another $200 to $300 eating out (which I hate, but my wife and kids are junkies for that kinda thing). Closing in on $2,000 a month... doesn't include car insurance, mortgage, home owners insurance, property tax, household items, hygiene products, personal spending on things like clothes... shoes... coats, medical costs.

How does a family who isn't near six figures afford that stuff? I think those stuck in that 30K-60K range are squeezed the worst. Make too much for any help, yet after taxes and paying the bills... better hope no one needs so much as a cough drop.
 
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