From the American Institute for Economic Research, compared to CPI, and CPI for fast food…
Figure 1: CPI all urban (blue), Everyday Price Index (tan), and CPI for limited service restaurants (green), all in logs, 2025M01=0. CPI for limited service restaurants seasonally adjusted by authro using X-13. Source: BLS, AIER, and author’s calculations.
For the year-to-date, the annualized inflation rate for fast food, or for the AIER everyday prices, is 2.9%.
Bruce Hall is not upset because he’s the same price for a pound of coffee as he paid for 2 pounds last year