О реальной инфляции в США.
http://khazin.livejournal.com/167683.html
New Yorkers are being nickel and dimed to death, shelling out 21 cents more for a box of Corn Flakes, 29 cents more for a six-pack of beer, and about a buck extra to go to the movies. It even costs more to treat a headache than it did in 2010.
Costs are creeping upward for everything from a coffee-cart cup of Joe to a carton of milk to a TV dinner.
A Post analysis found that rent has risen 5 percent and a sampling of New Yorkers’ common purchases have jumped about 14 percent.
The average price of a regular gallon of gas in New York City was $$$4.21 Friday, compared with $$$3.08 a year ago, according to the American Automobile Association.
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The average price of a one-bedroom apartment in a Manhattan doorman building last month was $$$3,529 up from $$$3,360 a year ago, according to The Real Estate Group New York.
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Birtukan Assefa, 29, a social-work student at Hunter College, said she has cut back on her drinking — of milk.
“I don’t drink milk anymore the way I used to! It’s too expensive,” she said.
Upper West Side resident Ana Catalina Vargas, 28, said she forgoes fruit because it’s too pricey.
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TRANSPORTATION
Monthly unlimited MetroCard
2010: $89
2011: $104
15-gallon gas fill-up
2010: $46.20 ($3.08/gal. regular)
2011: $63.15 ($4.21/gal. regular)
UTILITIES
January average Con Ed apartment bill
2010: $65.19
2011: $72.69
CLOTHING
J. Crew cotton women’s shirt
2010: $69.50
2011: $72
Boys’ blue jeans
2010: $24.50
2011: $34.50
Victoria’s Secret cotton panties
2010: 5 for $25
2011: 5 for $25.50
RENT
Average Manhattan one-bedroom, doorman building
2010: $3,360
2011: $3,529
ENTERTAINMENT
Cable/Internet bill
2010: $122
2011: $129
Movie theater ticket
2010: $12
2011: $13
GROCERIES
4-pound chicken
2010: $7.08 ($1.77/pound)
2011: $11.96 ($2.99/pound)
1 pound ground beef
2010: $3.59
2011: $4.99
Head iceberg lettuce
2010: $2.16
2011: $2.49
One dozen large eggs
2010: $2.67
2011: $3.99
Chunk light tuna
2010: $1.74
2011: $1.79
Frozen chicken dinner
2010: $4.79
2011: $5.19
5 pounds sugar
2010: $4.38
2011: $5.49
Kleenex tissues, 200-count
2010: $2.58
2011: $2.99
1 can coffee
2010: $5.82
2011: $6.99
Advil 50-count
2010: $9.54
2011: $9.99
Orange juice 64 oz.
2010: $4.94
2011: $5.39
Half gallon whole milk
2010: $2.47
2011: $2.99
2-liter Coke
2010: $2
2011: $2.29
Loaf white bread
2010: $2.28
2011: $2.89
1 pound bananas
2010: 85¢
2011: $1.29
6-pack Heineken
2010: $10.70
2011: $10.99
18-oz. Corn Flakes
2010: $5.38
2011: $5.59
FAST FOOD
Pizza Hut 12-inch pie
2010: $11.86
2011: $14.99
Medium coffee, street vendor
2010: $1
2011: $1.25
Quarter Pounder with cheese
2010: $3.92
2011: $3.99
Bagel at Ess-A-Bagel
2010: 85¢
2011: $1.00
Leaving out rent, here’s what you would have paid for one of all these items:
2010 TOTAL: $543.99
2011 TOTAL: $622.37
DIFFERENCE:$78.38
+14%
Plus, rent went up +5%
Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index; American Automobile Association; The Real Estate Group New York; Food Emporium; D’Agostino
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/big_apple_gets_price_clubbed_BYF1ApF3ol3i4CuiQbDEoM
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