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drstewartyesterday at 7:09 PM1 replyview on HN

How much are a dozen eggs at your local store? Curious to stress test your theory. I assume they're at least $10/dozen?


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thewebguydyesterday at 7:39 PM

For the eggs I buy, they are currently $7.99/dozen. Cheapest in my store is $5.99/dozen.

That doesn't disprove my point though. Prices are still higher as a baseline than before the supply side shock. Prices raise to a "new normal" and consumers adapt, removing pressure to lower back down to pre-shock levels.

wholesale egg prices have actually plummeted, yet retail prices have only drifted slowly downward incrementally, and have not reached the previous baseline. Its asymmetric price transmission, and its a documented economic phenomenon. "Prices go up like rockets, and fall like feathers"

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