Shoppers were buying more eggs to bake Christmas treats ahead of the holiday season at the same time U.S. wholesale egg prices were up 150 percent from last year. Reuters said the average retail price of a dozen eggs surpassed $3.60 in November, that’s $2.50 higher ...
Washington’s farming community set a record two years ago. Ag production in 2022 totaled $12.8 billion, shattering the previous record high of $10.4 billion in 2015 and up 27% from the revised previous year value of $10.1 billion. The value of ...
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing 0.5% in January. Over the last 12 months, the all-items index increased 6.0% before seasonal adjustment. The food index increased 0.4% in February, and...
Labor and Statistics reported this week that the Consumer Price Index rose 0.5% in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing 0.1% in December. Over the last 12 months, the all-items index increased 6.4% before seasonal adjustment.
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You may have noticed, while general inflationary numbers eased a bit last month, food prices continued their steady march higher in December. General inflation slowed in December to 6.5% a year, down slightly from the 7% reported in November. But USD...