ThatOwlWoman
Not Nice
Hmm. I thought #PresMusk and his rolypoly orange sidekick were making things better. So much winning!
"It’s not just eggs.
Many commonly purchased goods and services got more expensive in January, driving inflation in the wrong direction and to its highest rate since June of last year.
Consumer prices rose 0.5% from December — the fastest pace since September 2023 — resulting in an annual inflation rate of 3% for the 12 months that ended in January, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Economists were expecting Wednesday’s report to be fairly unexciting, with barely any change from December’s data."
US inflation heats up to 3% for first time since June
"It’s not just eggs.
Many commonly purchased goods and services got more expensive in January, driving inflation in the wrong direction and to its highest rate since June of last year.
Consumer prices rose 0.5% from December — the fastest pace since September 2023 — resulting in an annual inflation rate of 3% for the 12 months that ended in January, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Economists were expecting Wednesday’s report to be fairly unexciting, with barely any change from December’s data."