The nation’s economy expanded at a robust 4.9% annual rate from July through September as Americans defied higher prices, rising interest rates and widespread forecasts of a recession to spend at a brisk pace.
The Commerce Department said the economy expanded last quarter at the fastest pace in nearly two years — and more than twice the 2.1% annual rate of the previous quarter.
Thursday’s report on the nation’s gross domestic product — the economy’s total output of goods and services — showed that consumers drove the acceleration, ramping up their spending on everything from cars to restaurant meals. Even though the painful inflation of the past two years has soured many people’s view of the economy, millions have remained willing to splurge on vacations, concert tickets and sports events.
K, why is it $9 for a box of Raisin Bran Crunch?
Cereals are all high-margin foods, they charge you that because you’ll fucking pay it, you dirty little piggy. Oink oink
Anyway, switch to oatmeal, it’s cheaper and there are a million different ways to make it
I haven’t had cereal in like 25 years.
I haven’t had breakfast in seven minutes, at least.
It is also much healthier.
Yes, almost all boxed cereal is basically candy. One serving of Raisin Bran Crunch has 19g of sugar, which is the same as half a can of coke
Okay but that’s the version with frosted bran flakes- it almost makes sense. The crazy thing is that regular Raisin Bran has 18g of sugar
Only nine of those grams are added sugars. The rest is mostly raisins, because people tend to forget that fruits are sugary as hell somehow.
Well, raisins are concentrated fruit.
Most fruit is bred to be more sugary than necessary, because that’s how humans like it. They also have less fiber and protein as a result. Some zoos won’t even feed their chimps bananas anymore because they get diabetes and tooth decay from human-grade bananas.
You gotta pump that economy, one box of Raisin Bran at a time!
I used to buy 3 boxes at a time, and now I just eat gruel.
because that stuff is actually mostly cocaine
Because people are willing to pay it. Because they have the money to. When the economy is “hot” prices go up.
They also seem to go up when the economy is “cold”… it’s like the game is rigged or something.