Prices have inflated so much over the past 10 years that a $20 bill buys as much as $5 did back then.

  • BussyCat@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The price of specific items has doubled

    Rent, which has outpaced inflation had a national average of $1149 in 2019 and was $1650 in 2025 in order for average rent to have doubled you have to go all the way back to 2007ish

    Instead of tracking a burrito, track how much 1lb of chicken cost or bananas or broccoli