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How Wages Are Finally Beating Grocery Prices
Episode 52 of Wages and Prices with Fexingo dives into a turning point that listeners have been waiting for: grocery prices are finally rising slower than wages. Lucas and Luna break down the latest CPI data — showing food-at-home inflation at just 1.8% annually versus wage growth of 4.2% — and what it means for the average worker's purchasing power. They explore why grocery inflation has cooled while service prices remain sticky, and how this shift changes the real raise story for households. Using the May 2026 CPI report and recent average hourly earnings data, the hosts explain why…
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