# 💰 US economy chat ... econochat!

**URL:** <https://sellersasksellers.com/t/us-economy-chat-econochat/4367>\
**Category:** E-commerce Business Management\
**Created:** [July 16, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/us-economy-chat-econochat/4367 "2024-07-16T19:10:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/us-economy-chat-econochat/4367/108 "2024-09-03T22:25:05Z")

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> [@primetime](#):
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> This behavior does not help, there are probably many more instances of this type affecting consumers

Y E P . And just to emphasize that this activity _exploited_ inflation at consumers’ expense and builds distrust of _all_ retailers…

> [@Sign of the Times](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/sign-of-the-times/4607/25):
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> **ETA:**
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> ### [During antitrust trial, exec admits Kroger jacked up milk and egg prices above inflation](https://www.rawstory.com/during-antitrust-trial-exec-admits-kroger-jacked-up-milk-and-egg-prices-above-inflation/)
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> > _A top Kroger executive [admitted](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-27/kroger-hiked-milk-egg-prices-above-inflation-merger-judge-told) under questioning from a Federal Trade Commission attorney on Tuesday that the grocery chain raised its egg and milk prices above the rate of inflation, a concession that [came as no surprise](https://twitter.com/rakeen_mabud/status/1828750244496146627) to economists who have been highlighting corporate price gouging [across the U.S. economy](https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporate-profits-inflation) in recent years._

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