Ft Lauderdale here, the restaurants and bars are packed, hotels are full, stock market is booming, gas prices are on their way down (I filled up just today at $2.81 per gallon, COSTCO even cheaper) and I know this isn't everywhere but was the same when we visited family up in metro Boston, and DC area over the holidays. I can only hope that this is happening all over the country by the time the November election happens.
@GuiltyC4pitalistRepublican4mos4MO
No one I know feels better about the economy with food prices anywhere from 100-200% higher than they were a couple years ago.
@TradeTariffPenguinDemocrat4mos4MO
100-200%? Give me a break. A lot of things that went up have come back down. I track our family grocery spending in an app and have done for years, our monthly food bill is LOWER of the course of the last year by a lot. I'm spending at least 25% LESS on groceries now than I did in 2022.
@FitzGibbonRepublican 4mos4MO
I feel ya. Everyday prices have decreased but what hasn't is the housing market. Which puts a financial burden on many in the middle to lower class. With first home buyers and young families struggling.
@SoulfulMareDemocrat4mos4MO
I just looked up the Consumer Price Index for "Food in U.S. City Average" at FRED, and the increase since 2020 is only 25%, which agrees pretty well with my own anecdotal experience. To see an increase of 100%, you'd have to go all the way back to 1999. And for 200% increase, you have to go to 1986.
