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Numbers of the Day May 8, 2026 · 7:09 pm ET Source: Bloomberg Politics

3.2% — What Your Grocery Bill Calls 'Stable'

3.2%
Year-over-year grocery food inflation, BLS CPI data, March 2026

The Fed calls job growth 'pretty stable' and says inflation is the 'topic of the moment' — like it's a policy seminar, not your family's kitchen table. Meanwhile the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts grocery prices up 3.2% year-over-year as of March 2026, on top of the 20%-plus run-up working folks already absorbed since 2021. The boardroom got the bailouts and the rate cuts. Main Street got the tab.

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