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It’s meant we’ve diverted funds from wants to needs to continue hitting our budget targets, so we are fine so far but it’s noticeable.
This is in a HCOL area, low six figures, single income.
Inflation is wiping out my savings. I didn’t have much disposable income left after basic expenses, which was okay considering I’m in a EU country. But gas first doubled, and now tripled from the already high price. Electricity went up a bit. Food got a bit more expensive, but I mostly buy grains, fruit, and veg so I’ll live.
I’ve no major expenses left to cut after switching providers where I could and lowering the boiler. It’s not that bad though, it’s still a perfectly good middle class life, with enough comfort. Doctor visits are still 4€, the apartment is cozy, and everything will be okay; but I don’t know how the lesser privileged are going to handle winter.
I've noticed it mostly at the supermarket. E.g., Coca Cola products are much more expensive than they were at the beginning of the year, and they're never on sale anymore. Certain meats and vegetables are noticeably more expensive too. Aside from that, I luckily haven't been affected too much (yet), as my energy and fuel consumption is relatively low. I'll be surprised if my HOA fee doesn't get raised again next year…
Pepsi/Coke soft drink prices are insane here. Local grocery store chain is now as high as $2.99 for a 2L. Meanwhile 7-Eleven always has them on sale at 2/$3.50. Anything that makes me drink less of them is better shrug .
I guess most answers up to now are from ‘across the pond’ or people earning very high salaries? Inflation is wiping out my savings. I didn’t have much disposable income left after basic expenses, which was okay considering I’m in a EU country. But gas first doubled, and now tripled from the already high price. Electricity went up a bit. Food got a bit more expensive, but I mostly buy grains, fruit, and veg so I’ll li…
I've noticed it mostly at the supermarket. E.g., Coca Cola products are much more expensive than they were at the beginning of the year, and they're never on sale anymore. Certain meats and vegetables are noticeably more expensive too. Aside from that, I luckily haven't been affected too much (yet), as my energy and fuel consumption is relatively low. I'll be surprised if my HOA fee doesn't get raised again next year…
Pepsi/Coke soft drink prices are insane here. Local grocery store chain is now as high as $2.99 for a 2L. Meanwhile 7-Eleven always has them on sale at 2/$3.50. Anything that makes me drink less of them is better shrug .
I guess most answers up to now are from ‘across the pond’ or people earning very high salaries? Inflation is wiping out my savings. I didn’t have much disposable income left after basic expenses, which was okay considering I’m in a EU country. But gas first doubled, and now tripled from the already high price. Electricity went up a bit. Food got a bit more expensive, but I mostly buy grains, fruit, and veg so I’ll li…
A friend of mine in Belgium said their energy expensives have increases from $300 a month to $1000 a month just in the last 8 months.
Of course then you look at our nuclear neighbor and it’s hard to forgive the rhetoric that made us energy dependent in the first place.
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I've noticed it mostly at the supermarket. E.g., Coca Cola products are much more expensive than they were at the beginning of the year, and they're never on sale anymore. Certain meats and vegetables are noticeably more expensive too. Aside from that, I luckily haven't been affected too much (yet), as my energy and fuel consumption is relatively low. I'll be surprised if my HOA fee doesn't get raised again next year…
Pepsi/Coke soft drink prices are insane here. Local grocery store chain is now as high as $2.99 for a 2L. Meanwhile 7-Eleven always has them on sale at 2/$3.50. Anything that makes me drink less of them is better shrug .
If you're struggling with 6 figured, be it 100 or 999, your problem isn't inflation.
This really depends on where they live and how big a family they are supporting. I’m not struggling but I feel it on six figures with a family of four in a HCOL area with a special needs child and one income.
One year of +8% (on average) after decades of virtually no inflation seems like a non-event at least so far. I would say for stuff we spend money on it's probably been a fair bit less than 8%.
I wanted to go somewhere on vacation, prices were higher than I expected, so I went somewhere cheaper.