TruthTellers
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Well, water is pretty abundant and cheap to treat and supply, but anything that is manufactured or refined is running close to 20% above what it was 2 years ago. Dollar Tree rose prices 25%, much of the food I buy is up 10 to 20%, the only stuff I see not going up in price that is a physical good is anything that's an electronic entertainment device like phones and TV's.More like 7%. However, surveys show the average person's perception is that it is much higher than it actually is. This is due to a tendency of the human brain to remember things that alarm it, like the prices for favorite items that jump out at you because they show above-average increases. In that situation, we tend to forget that boring things like the water bill haven't gone up as much (at least, not in most places).
I don't care what impact supply/demand has on the price increases because we're told the prices will go back down once the supply issues are corrected, but by the time that happens either inflation will keep the prices where they are now or people will be so used to paying higher prices that distributors and retailers won't lower them.