Sarah Holder

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Odd Lots · Big Take: What a Bacon, Egg and Cheese Teaches Us About the Economy · 23 Apr 2025 podcast

So high that consumers might eventually start buying less coffee, which could force prices down.

All this weighs on coffee sellers like Peter, who's now selling a pound of beans for $16.99, up a whole dollar since September.

After all these conversations about all these different commodities, you might be noticing some trends.

We did.

Bacon, cheese, and bread, prices are either stable or slightly elevated.

But coffee and eggs, prices are up a lot.

Those two ingredients have been driving a lot of the increases in Bloomberg's bacon, egg, and cheese index.

And even though market and wholesale prices were expected to decline for those commodities, the relief hasn't hit consumers.

And now, tariffs have created a whole new level of unsatisfaction.

uncertainty about where these prices are headed next.

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Remember, the index is based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

It's not a snapshot of where prices are today or tomorrow, but where they were last month.

That's the way US inflation data works too, and why it can sometimes feel like the Fed's latest CPI figures don't perfectly reflect Americans' experiences of the economy.

And inflation is sticky.

That's something Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, acknowledged at February's Fed meeting.

Consumers are still hurting.

And commodities reporter Michael Herzer says that's because if commodity prices can be highly reactive, the prices consumers pay are not.

Or you can get creative, like Peter Longo, the coffee roaster.

I guess there's always a deal to be found somewhere.

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