Squeezed

Prices of goods like this go up, assets go down, rates go up (impossible to buy home). This is new reality for middle class.

Stock up on non-perishables, get wifi income to be more flexible, take away major fixed costs if you can. pic.twitter.com/cVvkPl7k42

— BowTiedBull - Read Pinned Tweet or NGMI (@BowTiedBull) June 24, 2022

The price of butter tracks almost exactly with my experience: $3 to $4.29; a 43% increase. The most insane price increase I've noticed is for corn. It used to be $0.2 each, now it's going for $0.5.