A look at consumer prices 6 months into the second Trump administration

[SpankMe]

10. At my local Albertsons

...egg prices have more or less stabilized. You can get cage-free/organic for $8-9/doz and "regular" grade AA for around $4/doz. And this is CA, so $4/doz feels weird.

The prior run-up was highly influenced by bird flu issues and not Biden policies. Egg prices are back down due to the fact that the bird-flu thing has passed and eggs are produced locally and aren't subject to tariffs.

But...the price of beef has skyrocketed locally. A single USDA Choice rib-eye of around 14-oz is nearly $22. Plus, the meat counter guy was grumpy and yelled at me for saying that the lady next to me was there first.

I wish I know the reason for high beef prices. I assume that even locally produced meat is higher because of all the imports being tariffed are driving up costs overall if beef is commodity-priced.