No mention of inflation target. Can we have a strong economy if inflation is over 2 percent?
Inflation is lower than 2022 and 2023 but prices are still rising especially food and groceries and gas ⛽️. Can we still have a strong economy if staples are expensive with no immediate end in sight?
So one thing that I can say for certain since my brother is in the industry is the poultry industry is in a huge huge hole right now. Avian flu has mutated to the extent it can cross between various farm animals and without using vaccines or antibiotics they have to not only put the birds down but practically burn the barns down they were in as well.
This is why you are seeing more and more of these companies walk back their vaccine/antibotic-free poultry products back. It isn't possible for them to be mass raised at this point and the price to stay low given the situation. There is also a huge fear in that humans might be able to get sick from eggs now. Avian flu hasn't been something spread through eating eggs before that people were concerned about but here we are.
Ag in general is getting hit hard with Cali getting washing out all the time right now as well. While we are trying to onshore stuff like food the places historically that it would be grown are not in good shape right now.
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Poultry and egg shortage?
Which came first? Terrible joke attempt
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Lol I love it though! He was explaining it all to me and boy oh boy is it a mess right now especially in Texas!
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Exactly. I liked that you said "prices are still rising." That's a feature, rather than a bug, as far as they're concerned. They think inflation is necessary and good. They just want to fine tune exactly how much. After all these years they still don't realize that their little meetings can't ultimately control the market.
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Shocking that their “Inflation is necessary” message is not resonating with people whose annual salary is less than one million bucks
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