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The Main Course Is Inflation': Thanksgiving Costs Surge Under Trump
The Main Course Is Inflation’: Thanksgiving Costs Surge Under Trump - RawstoryAs... Donald Trump attempts to claim the mantle of “affordability” and boasts that grocery prices are “way down,” a new report tracking the price of several Thanksgiving staples showed they have increased by 10% over the last year, more than three times the rate of inflation.
The most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) data published in September by the Bureau of Labor Statistics... shows that at-home grocery prices have actually risen by 2.7%.
That, not the spin coming from the White House, is what voters appear to be absorbing as Thanksgiving approaches.
In a poll conducted last week by Data for Progress, 53% said they felt it would be harder to afford a typical Thanksgiving meal than last year, while just 13% said it would be easier. Meanwhile, over a third said they were compensating for rising costs by buying fewer items.
The most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) data published in September by the Bureau of Labor Statistics... shows that at-home grocery prices have actually risen by 2.7%.
That, not the spin coming from the White House, is what voters appear to be absorbing as Thanksgiving approaches.
In a poll conducted last week by Data for Progress, 53% said they felt it would be harder to afford a typical Thanksgiving meal than last year, while just 13% said it would be easier. Meanwhile, over a third said they were compensating for rising costs by buying fewer items.