Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All(politico.com)
154 points by iamnothere | 108 comments
Politico Magazine article arguing that federal investigators found evidence of possible collusion behind high US egg prices, previously blamed on bird flu.
#inflation on Hacker News
11 stories tagged inflation, newest first.
CPI-U rises 7.2% annualized in September (3.7% YoY)(bls.gov)
44 points by JumpCrisscross | 39 comments
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics news release summarizing the September 2026 Consumer Price Index, which rose 0.6% for the month and 3.7% year over year.
When oil prices spike, where does the money go?(theconversation.com)
135 points by thelastgallon | 126 comments
The Conversation article explaining who captures the extra revenue when oil prices spike, from producers to governments and traders.
Show HN: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021(honestlyranked.com)
323 points by honestlyranked | 282 comments
A guide comparing US prices of nine flagship streaming subscriptions in March 2021 versus today, showing a 61% rise totaling $702 more per year.
Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation(bfi.uchicago.edu)
355 points by jplusequalt | 214 comments
A Becker Friedman Institute working paper by Hurst, Patterson, Richardson, and Wang on sticky wage norms and how unexpected inflation erodes real wages.
The Rapper 50 Cent, Adjusted for Inflation(50centadjustedforinflation.com)
712 points by gaws | 179 comments
A joke website showing the rapper 50 Cent's name adjusted for inflation, currently 109 Cent, with a chart of the value over time.
Eggs US – Price – Chart(tradingeconomics.com)
575 points by throwaway5752 | 710 comments
Trading Economics commodity page showing the US egg price chart, at an all-time high of 7.09 USD per dozen in January 2025.
Tracking supermarket prices with Playwright(sakisv.net)
422 points by sakisv | 181 comments
Blog post describing how the author built a website that scrapes and tracks price changes at Greece's three largest supermarkets using Playwright.
Tracking Austrian grocery prices by scraping store sites(mastodon.gamedev.place)
596 points by boffbowsh | 131 comments
Mastodon thread by Mario Zechner explaining his project scraping Austrian grocery chain websites to track food prices amid high inflation.
Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands(theguardian.com)
397 points by cainxinth | 275 comments
Guardian article on French supermarket chain Carrefour labelling products that have shrunk in size without a price cut, to pressure brands over shrinkflation.
Corporate profits account for almost half the increase in Europe’s inflation(imf.org)
407 points by ClumsyPilot | 302 comments
IMF Blog 'Chart of the Week' post on how rising corporate profits accounted for almost half of Europe's inflation increase and how wage gains may be absorbed.