The “rocket and feathers” effect: inflation decreases but food bills do not0

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• July 26, 2026

Economics has a term for what food prices have done in the United States in recent years: skyrocket. Rockets, because the cost of food consumed at home skyrocketed after the pandemic. Feathers, because once prices rise, they take time to fall. This has been frustrating for Americans hit by the largest increase in food prices