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On Wednesday, U.S. egg prices reached a 45-year high (unadjusted for inflation) due to a new version of #H5N1 influenza circulating in poultry. When accounting for inflation, the price is the second highest—falling $0.15 of a record set in January 2023 (also due to bird flu). (1/3)

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Not the Onion

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Record breaking #egg 🥚prices. $4.95/dozen #eggflation

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Why Do Basic Foods Feel Like Luxuries? Even though inflation has slowed, grocery prices remain high. A small % 🔺 today means a bigger $ jump because prices are already elevated. I break down what this means—especially for low-income households—in this @washingtonpost.com video. wapo.st/3XnGnWn

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Why Do Basic Foods Feel Like Luxuries? Even though inflation has slowed, grocery prices remain high. A small % 🔺 today means a bigger $ jump because prices are already elevated. I break down what this means—especially for low-income households—in this @washingtonpost.com video. wapo.st/3XnGnWn

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CPI #inflation data just dropped, #food inflation driven by 🚀 egg 🍳 prices. Bacon 🥓 also 📈 Food 🔺 2.5% y/y (0.4% m/m) Eggs 🔺 53% y/y (15.2% m/m) Bacon🔺 6% y/y (4.1% m/m)

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Record breaking #egg 🥚prices. $4.95/dozen #eggflation

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CPI #inflation data just dropped, #food inflation driven by 🚀 egg 🍳 prices. Bacon 🥓 also 📈 Food 🔺 2.5% y/y (0.4% m/m) Eggs 🔺 53% y/y (15.2% m/m) Bacon🔺 6% y/y (4.1% m/m)

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How about them egg prices? 😳

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How about them egg prices? 😳

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Inflation has disappeared

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Tariff whiplash

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The impact of these tariffs is becoming too hard to ignore. "It seems like virtually every sector of the American economy"—Fox News

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“One of the first places shoppers may feel the impact of increased tariffs is in the grocery aisle,” per the Washington Post:

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Worried about your grocery bill? I spoke with @washingtonpost.com about how President Trump's #tariffs, set to take effect Tuesday, will impact food prices. Check out the link below to see what’s coming. wapo.st/4aICBfu

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Time to buy unripe avocados 🥑

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Worried about your grocery bill? I spoke with @washingtonpost.com about how President Trump's #tariffs, set to take effect Tuesday, will impact food prices. Check out the link below to see what’s coming. wapo.st/4aICBfu

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Beef. Avocado. Orange juice. Strawberries. With Trump’s trade war with Mexico and Canada, expect prices to go up. www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...

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President Trump’s new #tariffs (effective Feb. 4, 2025) 🇲🇽 25% on Mexico 🇨🇦 25% on most Canadian imports, 10% on 🔋 🇨🇳 10% on China ⚠️ De minimis exemption suspended – low-value imports will face tariffs. ⚠️ Retaliation clause – U.S. can escalate if partners hit back.

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On #tariff watch? Official U.S. tariff notices will appear in one or more of these sources: 📜 Federal Register: federalregister.gov 🏛️ White House: whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions 🌎 USTR: ustr.gov 📊 Commerce Dept: commerce.gov (News headlines or reports are not official notices)

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Trump’s 25% #tariffs on imports from 🇨🇦 & 🇲🇽 will hit hardest in states where these imports make up a larger share of the economy. Here’s a look at how these tariffs will impact #food and agricultural imports. Border states will take the hit, but many red-leaning states will also feel the impacts.

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“[After years of food price #inflation], we really need a period of stability. And the issue here is that some of the proposals, the proposed policies of the Trump administration are creating a lot more uncertainty for the food industry, which just leads to increased costs in operations.”

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Experts say even the threat of tariffs can be inflationary, with food companies rushing to come up with contingency plans that add to the cost of business. New from me and my colleagues at @reuters.com

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Trump’s 25% #tariffs on imports from 🇨🇦 & 🇲🇽 will hit hardest in states where these imports make up a larger share of the economy. Here’s a look at how these tariffs will impact #food and agricultural imports. Border states will take the hit, but many red-leaning states will also feel the impacts.

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Since Trump took office just a week ago, wholesale egg 🥚prices have surged by 50 cents, reaching an all-time record high of $7.09 per dozen 📈

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Anxious Nation Waits For Democratic Party To Do Something, Anything In Face of Republican Assault On Life And Liberty

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I'm teaching legal principles in my graduate food policy class this week.

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The freeze on NIH funding and the federal "blackout" on external communications from health agencies should alarm every American. As the bird flu outbreak continues to spread, the risk of a new pandemic grows—underscoring the critical need for research investments and transparent communication.

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25% #tariffs on Colombian imports will mean higher coffee prices ☕️ and pricier flowers 💐 just in time for Valentine’s Day💘 apnews.com/article/colo...

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Trump tried to destroy a USDA think tank. Here’s what other U.S. agencies could learn from its fate | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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"we should raise tariffs on all goods to insane levels" is one of Trump's only consistent econ policies, but everyone with basic knowledge knows that's a moronic idea, which leads to Trump staffers repeatedly sanewashing it, only for Trump to go "no I want the insane version"

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About that @washingtonpost.com report, seems like universal #tariffs are still on…

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Researchers spend approximately 45% of their time on administrative activities related to #grants rather than actual #research. The current #competition in research #funding has significant drawbacks; evidence-based improvements of the funding system are required: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Egg prices are closing out 2024 with a bang, as wholesale #egg prices hit historic highs—surpassing the records set at the end of 2022 and early 2023. 🥚📈 💸 #eggflation #birdflu

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In the past, most people worked in agriculture; in today’s rich countries, only a small share do

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