Year Over Year Food Price Inflation

Here are the prices increases in various food categories that make up the Consumer Price Index report.

	March increase	12-month increase
Baby food	1.6%	10.8%
Bacon	1%	18.2%
Beef (ground, uncooked)	2.1%	13.8%
Butter and margarine	5.8%	14%
Cereal and cereal products	2.1%	10.1%
Chicken	1.5%	13.4%
Eggs	1.9%	11.2%
Fish and seafood (frozen)	1.2%	13.9%
Flour and prepared flour mixes	2.2%	14.2%
Fruits and vegetables	1.5%	8.5%
Milk (fresh, whole)	1.6%	14.5%
Salad dressing	3.5%	13.9%
Salt, seasonings and spices	4.8%	9.9%
Vegetables (canned)	4.2%	12.5%

SOURCE U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as reported by the Detroit Free Press

Obamacare's Twelfth Birthday, How It's Going with Armstrong and Getty

Spent a couple segments on the Armstrong and Gettys show this morning discussing Obamacare's accomplishments after twelve years. 

 

Here are my show notes for those who want to read more on the topic.