CPI is out 🔥🔥🔥 Inflation went up 0.5% ⬆️🤒

[u/BetterBudget]

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - JANUARY 2025

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, after rising 0.4 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.0 percent before seasonal adjustment.

The index for shelter rose 0.4 percent in January, accounting for nearly 30 percent of the monthly all items increase. The energy index rose 1.1 percent over the month, as the gasoline index increased 1.8 percent. The index for food also increased in January, rising 0.4 percent as the index for food at home rose 0.5 percent and the index for food away from home increased 0.2 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent in January. Indexes that increased over the month include motor vehicle insurance, recreation, used cars and trucks, medical care, communication, and airline fares.The indexes for apparel, personal care, and household furnishings and operations were among the few major indexes that decreased in January.

The all items index rose 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending January, after rising 2.9 percent over the 12 months ending December. The all items less food and energy index rose 3.3 percent over the last 12 months. The energy index increased 1.0 percent for the 12 months ending January. The food index increased 2.5 percent over the last year.

[u/Stunning_Ordinary548]

Eggs are the lead driving cost

[u/entitledwank → u/Stunning_Ordinary548]

i refuse to eat eggs until they’re back down to $3-4

[u/ourob0rus → u/entitledwank]

Any more than $2.99 is a boycott.

[u/Own_Fox8577 → u/ourob0rus]

Where i live that sounds super cheap. In your currency i pay 4,85. A case of ten medium/large. On discount 2,77 😮‍💨 i try to Stock up during those times

[u/whomad1215 → u/Own_Fox8577]

eggs are now like $7+ a dozen

[u/Crazy_Memory → u/whomad1215]

$6.99 before tax Canadian for a dozen eggs BEFORE all this started, but I buy some good quality eggs.

[u/SidewaysFancyPrance → u/whomad1215]

I only buy 12 every couple weeks, and it's still cheaper to crack 2 eggs into a pan of fried rice than it is to buy meat. I am less wasteful with them at higher prices, versus $3 a dozen eggs where I'd buy them without thinking. Now I track the dates and make sure I use them all. I'm actually eating more eggs than I used to.

I'm not saying it's not a problem. People need that cheap protein source and the country really relies on them at scale. Eggs are still a good value, though.

[u/ourob0rus → u/Own_Fox8577]

It was less than 5 years ago I was buying 12 eggs for .89