The items hit hardest by inflation

 Epoch Times:

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Food prices surged 6.3 percent, while energy was up 29.3 percent. New vehicles and used cars and trucks soared 11.8 percent and 37.3 percent, respectively. Apparel jumped 5.8 percent, shelter picked up 4.1 percent, and medical care services inched higher 2.5 percent.

Close to every food item cost more last month compared to the same time a year ago, including meat and fruits and vegetables.

In the overall category of meat, poultry, fish, and eggs prices swelled 12.5 percent.

Beef and veal prices were up 12.6 percent, pork prices surged 15.1 percent, ham rose 10.5 percent, and chicken soared 10.4 percent. The cost of eggs spiked 11.1 percent, while fish and seafood rose 8.4 percent.

Fruits and vegetables increased 5 percent, milk rose 4.2 percent, and coffee surged 6.3 percent.

Among other food items on the list, baby food surged 7.9 percent, margarine advanced 6.7 percent, potatoes soared 4.8 percent, and apples rose 7.8 percent.

The only food products to fall were frankfurters (-0.6 percent) and cheese (-0.6 percent).
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Inflation is usually the result of a restriction of the supply of an item or increased demand.  Biden is willy-nilly blaming producers and not looking in the mirror at the things he has done to restrict the supply such as he did with oil and gas.  That has resulted in an increased cost of getting items to market and producing them in the first place.  While there are supply chain issues, Biden has done little to nothing to fix that problem.  If he has appointed a task force to work on Supply chain issues, I missed it.  The Democrats in Congress have also avoided doing that, instead, they have been trying to pass unpopular things liberals want that lack support of the majority. 

See, also:

Biden's Response to Latest Inflation Numbers Is a Case Study in Delusion

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