Affaires de PiassesM to Personal Finance CanadaEnglish · 1 year agoCanada’s inflation rate slows to 3.8%www150.statcan.gc.caexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
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minus-squareSkepticalButOpenMindedlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI do feel the slow down personally. But honestly, I think things could stand to deflate for a minute before normal inflation resumes.
minus-squareVictor Villaslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThe only grocery I’ve ever seen deflate adjusting to lower commodity costs was specialty coffee, and even still, it’s rare Grocery prices are sticky.
minus-squareSkepticalButOpenMindedlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI go to small immigrant grocers in the city. Inflation has not been nearly as bad and quality is good. I avoid the big chains.
minus-squareVictor Villaslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot worth it for me. What I’d get in savings I’d be spending in transportation because I do groceries every week.
minus-squareSkepticalButOpenMindedlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, I think this is another example of how our bad city design is leading to market concentration and suffocating our economy.
I do feel the slow down personally. But honestly, I think things could stand to deflate for a minute before normal inflation resumes.
The only grocery I’ve ever seen deflate adjusting to lower commodity costs was specialty coffee, and even still, it’s rare
Grocery prices are sticky.
I go to small immigrant grocers in the city. Inflation has not been nearly as bad and quality is good. I avoid the big chains.
Not worth it for me. What I’d get in savings I’d be spending in transportation because I do groceries every week.
Yeah, I think this is another example of how our bad city design is leading to market concentration and suffocating our economy.
This is the new normal.