Egg prices have gone completely out of control recently in the US for a number of reasons (mostly thanks to the avian flu), and the cost is likely to get worse before it gets better.

This is bad news for most of us, but it's particularly jarring for people who have defended Trump's election because of some supposed super power to reduce the cost of eggs.

Of course, the cost of many staple items fluctuate substantially from month to month and year to year, so developer Wesley Grubbs has made an app to track everything with real data: InflataCart.

This simple iOS app lets you add many of your grocery items to a list, and it'll give you a quick readout of what the national average is compared to one year and five years ago according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

So when you look to see if particular campaign promises are kept or not, you can get a glimpse at how policies like tariffs and mass deportations impact your pocket book.

Even better, this app also lets you track the national average cost of gasoline and electricity, so there's no need to guess if you're meaningfully better off or not.

Of course, there are other aspects of national policy that can really hit pocketbooks hard, and those aren't tracked. In particular, a recent roll-back of a Biden-era attempt to reduce prescription costs could negatively impact millions of Americans, so you'll need more than just this app to see the entire picture.

Via InflataCart, h/t Flowing Data.

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