How the Inflation Rate Is Measured: 477 Government Workers at Grocery Stores

[mahatmakanejeeves]

As Americans’ monthly bills continue to climb, it’s the work of front-line economists tracking prices on the ground that charts changes in the cost of living for millions of people. “It’s like a treasure hunt.”

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How the Inflation Rate Is Measured: 477 Government Workers at Grocery Stores
The current run of inflation has put pressure on the government’s price checkers and the economic indicator they produce. CPI data for April will be released on

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[jimfields33]

1. It doesn't take 477 workers to figure out that groceries are through the roof.

It’s completely ridiculous the price of groceries right now. Gas doesn’t even come close to how much extra consumers are spending for the same groceries. That is where the focus should be. Grocery stores!

[peppertree]

2. +1

Wheat items especially, I've noticed.

Reminds me of the old World War I ditty, that goes:

My Mondays are meatless, my Tuesdays are wheatless
I'm getting more eatless each day.

My coffee is sweetless, my bed it is sheetless -
all sent to the YMCA.