{"id":21709,"date":"2025-01-16T09:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=21709"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:47:44","slug":"egg-inflation-hits-the-united-states-blame-on-bird-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/01\/16\/egg-inflation-hits-the-united-states-blame-on-bird-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Egg inflation hits the United States, blame on bird flu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Consumers in United States are coping with egg inflation and are laying the blame at the door of bird flu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c2egxwyr2z4o\"><u>BBC<\/u><\/a>\u00a0report on January 16, 2025,\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/united-states-of-america\/eggs\/#:~:text=The%20retail%20price%20range%20for%20US%20eggs%20is,see%20today%27s%20exact%20prices%20of%20eggs%20in%20US\">U.S.\u2019 egg price<\/a><\/u><a href=\"#:~:text=The%20retail%20price%20range%20for%20US%20eggs%20is,see%20today%27s%20exact%20prices%20of%20eggs%20in%20US\"><u>s<\/u><\/a>\u00a0soared in December 2024 by\u00a036%\u00a0vis-\u00e1-vis December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the avian flu has spurred the rise by occasioning shortage, the situation also owes to overall food inflation in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Feds did manage to stabilize consumer prices but could not contain food inflation. Food  prices went on to spike by 2.9% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inflation, which describes a rise in commodity prices, has nevertheless cooled since it reached a high of 9% in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-steep-prices\"><strong>Steep Prices<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Figures show quite an unnatural price curve for eggs. According to USA Today, while a dozen averaged&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/why-are-egg-prices-rising-in-wisconsin-heres-whats-behind-the-egg-shortage\/ar-AA1xeFkF?ocid=BingNewsVerp\"><u>$3.65<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in November 2024, its antedecessor was only $2.14 in November 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, prices had stagnated at $2.30 a dozen in January 2024 after a<a href=\"#:~:text=The%20U.S.\u2019%20egg%20sector%20produced%209.45%20billion%20eggs,prices%20are%20also%20pointing%20towards%20an%20upward%20trajectory.\"><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/a><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/01\/31\/u-s-egg-production-prices-beat-odds-to-notch-up-3\/#:~:text=The%20U.S.\u2019%20egg%20sector%20produced%209.45%20billion%20eggs,prices%20are%20also%20pointing%20towards%20an%20upward%20trajectory.\">2023 production increase by 3%<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts cite that despite federal pricing generally remaining the same, it often deviates across states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One such deviation is in New York, where wholesale large eggs cost as much as $6.25 to the dozen around January 10, 2025. California in its part reported $8.97 for the same large-shelled dozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-restaurants-offish\"><strong>Restaurants Offish&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some restaurants on the other hand are staying afloat by charging an extra dollar for each dish containing breakfast eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restauranteurs in Colorado are now overcharging the giant burrito, a Mexican tortilla, which normally costs $7.49 as one ingredient gets short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One dining venue owner cites that some years back they could get 15-egg boxes at just $25 but now pay<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/other\/restaurants-taking-a-hit-with-food-and-egg-prices-some-report-600-year-over-year-rise\/ar-AA1xhMDT?ocid=BingNewsVerp\"><u>&nbsp;$88<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, whether avian flu or core inflation has a direct impact on egg inflation in the United States, one fact is certain: prices are sharp. But as the data below illustrates, this is not happening for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-united-states-egg-inflation-history-statistics\"><strong>United States Egg Inflation History Statistics<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before 2003, egg prices in the U.S. were always shy of $1, finally reaching<a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/APU0000708111\"><u>&nbsp;$0.990<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;per dozen, in July 2002. Since then, there have always followed inflation trends above the $1-mark. As such, data by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows four rough stages in American egg pricing history between 2004 and 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stage 1 2004-2008<\/em>: while January 2004 began at $1.20 per dozen, the same dozen would go down to $1.06 in 2005 and 2006. It would then shoot to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/charts\/consumer-price-index\/consumer-price-index-average-price-data.htm\"><u>$2.20<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in March 2008. The rise in 2008 coincided with a time when the American economy was facing inflation headwinds. This was in turn due to increasing oil prices by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/BoardDocs\/RptCongress\/annual08\/sec1\/c2.htm\"><u>50% in early 2008,&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>which spilled over to food prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stage 2 2009-2015<\/em>: prices ameliorated to between $1.50 a dozen in 2009 and $1.97 in 2014 before sharply rising to $2.97 in 2015. Despite a slowdown in 2015\u2019s inflation, food prices nevertheless rose that year even when other commodities grew cheap. &nbsp;In spite of very low oil prices pushing down inflation to just a low of 0.1%, food prices&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/charts-of-note\/chart-detail?chartId=80035\"><u>appreciated by 1.9%<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in 2015. This according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stage 3 2016 to 2024:<\/em>&nbsp;unlike other stages above, the 2016-2024 period has had the most price swings, perhaps due to bird flu. While 2016 saw prices at just $1.49 a dozen, 2018 recorded them at $2.08, 2019 at $1.20 and 2023 at $4.82. Since 2023 when bird flu landed on U.S. shores, egg inflation has dogged the sector up to the December 2024 price of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/charts\/consumer-price-index\/consumer-price-index-average-price-data.htm\"><u>$4.15<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumers in United States are coping with egg inflation and are laying the blame at the door of bird flu.&nbsp; According to a\u00a0BBC\u00a0report on January 16, 2025,\u00a0U.S.\u2019 egg prices\u00a0soared in December 2024 by\u00a036%\u00a0vis-\u00e1-vis December 2023. 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