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Article by: Paris Apodaca
MISLEADING HEADLINE:
"If That Grocery Store Receipt Was Already Making Your Eyes Water … Just Wait"
— Daily Caller
Grocery prices were flat in August and up 2.2 percent on the year; diesel is the real story
The headline tells readers their grocery bill is already painful and about to get worse. The Bureau of Labor Statistics release the article relies on says the index for food at home "was unchanged over the month" in August and rose 2.2 percent over twelve months, below the 3.4 percent rise for all items.2 The article quotes the 2.2 percent figure itself.1 The real price shock in the data is energy, up 16.3 percent on the year, with diesel at a record.23
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