Albert Cardona<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@davidnjoku" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidnjoku</span></a></span> </p><p>"UK's Purchasing Power Drops 41% Over Two Decades: Cost of Living and Lack of Investment to Blame" (January 2025)<br><a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uks-purchasing-power-drops-41-over-two-decades-cost-living-lack-investment-blame-1730549" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ibtimes.co.uk/uks-purchasing-p</span><span class="invisible">ower-drops-41-over-two-decades-cost-living-lack-investment-blame-1730549</span></a></p><p>Certainly feels like a lot more than "41% in two decades". In 2022 alone we saw the price of a number of everyday items go up anywhere between 20% and 50%, while packages shrank ("shrinkflation"), like e.g., butter as 200g instead of 250g, and yogurt reduce from 500g to 450g, and so many more.<br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/UKInflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKInflation</span></a></p>