Chart of the Week: The Meat and Potatoes of Inflation

In an ode to Portlandia this week, Nick and Rick discuss food and in particular, the increase in food costs that have clearly outpaced wage growth this year. What does this mean to overall demand in the economy and is it a portend of broader inflation and interest rates? Listen to the discussion and determine for yourself what the implications are of the price of that free range, all natural chicken you just bought at the grocer.

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