Inflation has arrived

[Mortblanc]

After a decade of almost zero inflation the pandemic has brought on shortages that the market is gasping to cope with. The result is some very sudden and absurd prices.

Today I had to purchase some simple building supplies to deal with an emergency repair.

I paid $50 US for a sheet of 11.5mm OSB. That same sheet would have cost me $8 eighteen months ago.

I also paid $14 for a sheet of wallboard that would have cost me $5 before the pandemic.

I have quit buying beef, simply can't justify the prices. Soup scraps are $30 per kilo.

Milk has doubled in price and eggs are up 50%.

Our petrol prices have also tripled but that is purely political. Our Democratic Party hates the fact that our population is mobile and does anything they can to restrict unmonitored travel and movement.