January '25 Inflation highest in a year

[disneysteve]

Today I paid $8.79 for a dozen large eggs. The news said we are importing eggs from the country Turkey from now until July. Hope that helps bring down the prices a little.

That definitely isn’t representative of what most are experiencing. I think the national average is about $4.50 so your price is nearly double that.

[ua_guy]

The "organic" (not bleached) large eggs are around $8/dozen here. We don't eat that many eggs, though. The price increase isn't life-changing for us.

[MonkeyMama]

The "organic" (not bleached) large eggs are around $8/dozen here. We don't eat that many eggs, though. The price increase isn't life-changing for us.

Regular eggs are $10/dozen here. Agree that it isn't life-changing because we don't eat that many eggs. I expect my college age son has made a big change to his diet though. He really relied on the cheap protein. Last I heard, he was just picking up eggs at Costco because all his friends/roommates have Costco memberships.

[disneysteve]

Regular eggs are $10/dozen here.

Where are you? It's amazing how different prices are from place to place. I just checked and they are $5.79 at Wegmans where we do most of our shopping. They're probably a little less at Aldi or Lidl.

[Fishindude77]

Bought gas today for $2.69, cheapest I've seen it in some time.
Still buying farm fresh eggs for $3.00 doz.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Von's/Safeway (West coast grocery stores) $10 a dozen large eggs.

[kork13]

I guess this is bragging .... But here in Japan, I've been getting eggs for $1.60/dozen for most of the last 2 years. There was a few weeks 1-2 months ago that the process spiked up to $6+/dozen, but I was able to go off base & buy them off the local economy for basically the same normal cost -- the Yen equivalent of ~$1.40 per 10 .... Sent me for a loop when I realized they don't sell them per dozen here!

Oddly, the low cost is only for "large" eggs. If I were to buy "extra-large" eggs, it would be $5+/dozen.

[ua_guy]

I guess this is bragging .... But here in Japan, I've been getting eggs for $1.60/dozen for most of the last 2 years. There was a few weeks 1-2 months ago that the process spiked up to $6+/dozen, but I was able to go off base & buy them off the local economy for basically the same normal cost -- the Yen equivalent of ~$1.40 per 10 .... Sent me for a loop when I realized they don't sell them per dozen here!

Oddly, the low cost is only for "large" eggs. If I were to buy "extra-large" eggs, it would be $5+/dozen.

I don't even know...are eggs a central part of Japanese cuisine?

My niece visited Japan with her school and still raves about it...it's not the eggs that make me jealous, it's the experience! I have not been!

[QuarterMillionMan]

I think eggs are a central part of Japan cuisine. I went once in 1982. Very polite people, orderly & clean. In Los Angeles when a bus arrives everyone bum rushes and cuts in front of each other in order to get on board. In Japan they'll make a single file line. And very clean with hardly any litter on the streets vs dog poo or McDonald's half eaten combo meal tossed on the sidewalk with fries, soda, etc. And unique architecture with shrines, churches, homes, etc. There was a faucet over the toilet that drained into the toilet which blew my mind.

[kork13]

I don't even know...are eggs a central part of Japanese cuisine?

My niece visited Japan with her school and still raves about it...it's not the eggs that make me jealous, it's the experience! I have not been!

Somewhat less so than the US, where egg is the core of many breakfasts & and an ingredient in many other things.. but egg is still used heavily in Japanese cuisine. Often either hard/soft boiled for ramen or other meals, or else scrambled into an "omelette" atop rice (mostly just a layer of egg vs loaded with mix-ins as we do).. You'll sometimes have egg as an ingredient as well ... But the Japanese manage colors in food preparation/presentation, and the yolk's strong yellow color is sometimes too much so it's often either toned down or omitted in many dishes where you might otherwise expect it (like breads/cakes)..

[QuarterMillionMan]

Today Dow Jones dropped 770 points on fears of tariffs which takes effect at midnight tonight. Tomorrow I'm hoping for a 2000 point drop. I guess he markets are fearing more inflation.

[disneysteve]

Today Dow Jones dropped 770 points on fears of tariffs which takes effect at midnight tonight. Tomorrow I'm hoping for a 2000 point drop. I guess he markets are fearing more inflation.

Tariffs are inflationary by definition. Consumers pay the cost. Companies aren't going to benevolently reduce their profits to offset the tariffs. They're going to raise prices to cover the added expense. There's no way around that.

When prices go up as a result of tariffs, consumers will cut back on spending due to the higher costs, which further wrecks the economy since our economy is built on consumer spending.

[ua_guy]

Today Dow Jones dropped 770 points on fears of tariffs which takes effect at midnight tonight. Tomorrow I'm hoping for a 2000 point drop. I guess he markets are fearing more inflation.

Don't forget the not-so-great data on slowing demand, and the manufacturing sector.

This isn't rocket surgery... Slapping our own economy with tariffs by way of slapping our trading partners who help our economy so immensely is just bad business, and it's terrible trade policy.

[disneysteve]

Don't forget the not-so-great data on slowing demand, and the manufacturing sector.

Tariffs are awful for US manufacturing because so much of the material they use to make their products comes from other countries.

[ua_guy]

Tariffs are awful for US manufacturing because so much of the material they use to make their products comes from other countries.

This is going to wreck the US auto industry. Components and sub-assemblies sometimes cross borders multiple times. And we all know our tariffs are only half the cost. Canada and Mexico will have reciprocal tariffs. What a terrible idea. More and more this looks like a plot to subvert the North American economies for evil purposes.