Inflation

[tamada]

Spuds were 49/kg at Big C t'other day. Still 45/kg at Makro tho.

[papafarang]

noticed cauliflower @ 125b kg , they looked rough as well

[parrot]

paid 160b yesterday for 2kg of carrots from the local lotus'ssss..WTF , i guess there's a carrot shortage now

Pork at Makro today 195/kg.....good selection.
If you paid 160b for 2kg carrots, you must have gotten some special type. Carrots going for 40ish bt per kilo at Makro, Lotus, even cheaper in Nongwahsaw market.

[pepesgrill]

monkey balls selling on soi jinthakham for

6฿ stick. it's outrageous. who does one call

[stattointhailand]

That's a 20% price hike ........ price gauging .......phone PM

[pepesgrill]

and then, as someone else mentioned . where
weight or volume is not held stationary. bottles
of drinking water shrunk to 600ml virtually each
and every packaged item, a fraction of former
size. yes, even the monkey balls, varying dimension. cup jok rice porridge now 20฿ it's obscene

[parrot]

Prices mostly back to normal.....Aussie/NZ carrots at Makro 35 baht per kg, potatoes 43. Most other veggies at give-away prices.

[Khun Paul]

Talking about prices, I think we forget that Globally trade is still in the doldrums and Goods coming by sea however it comes are still being delayed, one reason not enough containers available as many are still full. Here as I understand it we do not have driver shortage , but we do have the Thai Customs which work at their normal in-efficent pace.

I noticed some time ago a shortage of pasta sauces, that seems to have been addressed just one item I know but an indication of the many ongoing problems besetting many countries.

[Drunk Monkey]

Checking on construction materials ...

Sand , Stone , cement , ready mix etc all pretty much unchanged .. alas not so with steel ..with lengths for reinforcing all gauges , box steel and angle all up in price considerably and was told another increase due very soon with one supplier saying directly after Chinese NY.

Labour costs within the construction industry also gone up.

Once up will prices ever come down again ?????????????????

DM

[glalt]

Checking on construction materials ...

Sand , Stone , cement , ready mix etc all pretty much unchanged .. alas not so with steel ..with lengths for reinforcing all gauges , box steel and angle all up in price considerably and was told another increase due very soon with one supplier saying directly after Chinese NY.

Labour costs within the construction industry also gone up.

Once up will prices ever come down again ?????????????????

DM

I think prices will come down. Right now people will start supplying products that are priced very high. As soon as the copy cats start producing they will create a huge surplus driving prices back to normal or even lower.

[papafarang]

watched yesterday on the news, cooking oil up 60% , flour 18%, cereals up 42%. most of which has still not fed into the shops yet . the odd thing is they keep saying inflation is only 3.5% ? the only thing that seems to be stable is beer

[stattointhailand]

Dont give that lot another bright idea of a way to kill the entertainment industry in Thailand

[Khun Paul]

Yep Thai manufacturers are learning, Govt ups the daily wage, guess what prices go up as well. Amazingly simple but goes over the heads of most here.

[papafarang]

nicked this pic, apparently it was big C. 390b kg for pork belly...WTF. inflation 3.5% my ass it is

[tamada]

What gets me is the pigs are totally silent on this. Are they getting paid more or not?

[Doodoo]

Makro sliced bread up almost 10% 32 to 35 Baht

[stattointhailand]

Makro sliced bread up almost 10% 32 to 35 Baht

Supply & demand ..... the pigs are obviously eating more

[joepai]

Supply & demand ..... the pigs are obviously eating more
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Talking of pigs -

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/22 ... r-new-year

[stattointhailand]

Talking pigs?

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[Doodoo]

Year 1920
Sugar cost four cents a pound.
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound
Wages
The average US wage in 1919 was 22 cents per hour.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year.
A dentist earned $2,500 per year.
A veterinarian between $1,500 and 4,000 per year.
And, a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.