President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor on Friday after her agency released a disappointing job report earlier that day.
They’ve gone up quite a bit in my corner of the US. They used to be 30 cents a pound and now they’re 53 cents per pound for the same product at the same store in the last few months.
Hm, you’re right, they’re 69 Canada cents/lbs and they used to be half that. I only buy two at a time so like I don’t notice. They’re still affordable in absolute terms, right?
Oddly, bananas seem to be one of the few items relatively untouched by inflation.
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Ah that chronic brain worm hasn’t gone away… It is super handy to have a general purpose all-evil evidence-free adversary to blame everything on.
They’ve gone up quite a bit in my corner of the US. They used to be 30 cents a pound and now they’re 53 cents per pound for the same product at the same store in the last few months.
Hm, you’re right, they’re 69 Canada cents/lbs and they used to be half that. I only buy two at a time so like I don’t notice. They’re still affordable in absolute terms, right?
Oh absolutely. I forget which government subsidizes it but they should be a lot more expensive considering the trip and handling required.