alt Hacker NewsPer the link, food is up 3.1% and everything else 2.9%. So energy pulled inflation up from about 3% to about 4%, but that's not "all of the increase"
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usrnm • today at 4:09 PM
Energy going up drives evrything up, including food. Everything we do depends on energy in many different ways.
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tclancy • today at 4:38 PM
How much of the food cost (and everything else) is tied to the increase in diesel prices? Do they adjust that out?
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>Per the link, food is up 3.1%
But if you look at the sibling comment, all of that came from "Food away from home ". In other words, it's all because of takeout/restaurants, not groceries. Those were actually dragging inflation down.