10-18-2011, 04:02 AM
Inflation is real, it's just disguised a bit more cleverly and thus never hits to books. A country cannot go through a fuel increase of the sort we have without trickle up effects.
A typical food basket today (adjusted for both inflation and packaging shrinkage)

University of Southern California analysis
A typical food basket today (adjusted for both inflation and packaging shrinkage)

University of Southern California analysis