For your amusement here are some details about consumer spending in the second quarter of the year. This chart shows the 15 biggest gainers and losers compared to the first quarter:
We started buying eggs again! Sports and air transportation were up considerably too. The biggest loser, for some reason, was audio discs and downloads. Day care, clothing, and used cars were also down.
NOTE: I ignored some obscure stuff like sales commissions and auto leases in favor of ordinary categories that everyone has heard of. As always, click the chart to see a bigger version.
I get eggs at the farmers market. There was a huge problem in the last few years because of avian flu. This clearly was a regional problem.
In California I get fairly expensive eggs. My friend in rural Wisconsin gets eggs from the local Amish farm for less than $2 a dozen.
My wife likes Jumbo eggs, which are the size that's larger than Extra Large. I live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Couple of years ago, the Jumbos were over $3 a dozen at our local supermarket. Now they're $1.49. the Extra Large are $1.39 and the Large are $1.29.
With the way meat has gone up and not come back down, it makes me think I should eat more eggs and less steak.
Eggs are still up in price here, the ones I buy are over 5 dollars, still. The ones in the country, at the road stands are $5. Nothing has changed.
One of the best things about jabberwocking over Mother Jones is that charts can be embiggened to visibility.
I bought two dozen the other day, extra large, at 83 cents per dozen. That was at an Aldi in South Dakota.
Regarding audio discs and downloads; I wonder if that is a yearly thing. Loads of artists release new music in October. So I supposed there is a lull just before that.
If eggs are cheap, life is good.