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Prices a year ago vs. today — I'll pull the latest year-over-year inflation data to check what's actually down. No, overall prices in stores are not lower than a year ago - they are higher, though inflation has slowed and some specific items/categories are cheaper. Overall U.S. Consumer Price Index: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent on a seasonally

On average, no, overall prices in stores are not lower than they were a year ago. However, the rate at which they are rising has slowed down significantly, and several major retail chains have launched aggressive "price wars" to cut costs on thousands of everyday items. The distinction lies between macroeconomic data (what is happening on average across the country) and microeconomic trends (wha