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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dee-Ann Durbin

The 'rockets and feathers' effect: Inflation eases but grocery bills do not

Consumer Confidence - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Economics has a term for what U.S. grocery prices have done in recent years: rockets and feathers.

Rockets, because the cost of food eaten at home zoomed up in the aftermath of the pandemic. Feathers, because once prices rise, they’re slow to come down.

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