Canada’s inflation rate decelerated to 3.4 per cent in the year up to May, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, led by sharply lower gasoline prices. But beneath the headline slowdown in consumer prices, many facets of the cost of living are still increasing at an eye-watering pace. Grocery prices went up at an almost nine per cent pace.
I don’t see how the overall rate could decline with grocery prices increasing 9.1%… our overall buying power is still that much lower. I thought I made decent money but not with what’s going on out there now.
A median family only spends about 10% of their income on groceries in Canada, down around 7% in the US.
What is a ‘median’ family, though? We have 2 kids under 10 and let me tell you groceries ain’t cheap.
Because the other 90% goes to rent or mortgage, right?