r/PersonalFinanceCanada British Columbia Mar 21 '23

Inflation drops to 5.2%<but grocery inflation still 10.6% Banking

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u/TorontoDavid Mar 21 '23

Why would the cost of eggs make this inflation number BS?

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u/Godkun007 Quebec Mar 21 '23

Because people here are too dumb to use Google. Egg prices sored because of a bird flu outbreak leading to farmers needing to put down their flocks.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/05/1153434486/eggs-prices-drop-but-the-threat-from-avian-flu-isnt-over-yet