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undefined1 | 4 years ago

for those downvoting you:

Home Values +8%

Money Supply +24%

Stock Market +23%

Oil +80%

Corn +69%

Steel +145%

Wheat +25%

Coffee +34%

Cotton +35%

Copper +50%

Lumber +126%

Soybeans +71%

this is over the past year.

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programd|4 years ago

For those commenters who are skeptical of the numbers, sources can be found here:

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodities

The numbers below are one year commodity price gains, as of today rounded to the nearest tick (view the individual graphs, 1 year timeframe as % gain):

Crude Oil +25%

Corn +70%

Steel +50%

Wheat +25%

Coffee +35%

Cotton +20%

Copper +60%

Lumber +200%

Soybeans +70%

techrat|4 years ago

When you throw numbers out like this, you best provide your source in the comment.

gruez|4 years ago

Who should I believe, a government agency conducting a methodical survey of the country's economy, or some guy with a list of numbers that's possibly cherry picked?

undefined1|4 years ago

up to you. you can look at the real world prices yourself, or ignore that in favor of the entity that has incentive to downplay inflation.

noofen|4 years ago

Yes, of course, because government agencies have your best interests in mind.