Inflation

Hydrocarbons and stuff derived from them, like electricity.

6 pack of dog food went up a euro so had the old girl euthanised.

To all those gallant people who roared and shouted for strict lockdowns over the last 2 years, well here is your bill folks.!!

Suck it up and pay ladies and gentlemen.

There is no such thing as a free dinner...!!!

And during the lockdowns, developed economies accelerated the money printing process with additional handouts to people and businesses affected by the lockdowns. in the US I think Biden's pandemic bill was 2 "Trillion" dollars.

It’s a good time to borrow on a fixed rate and use the money now. Paying the loan back will get easier as wages rise to meet the impact of inflation.

We had 12 years of no inflation/deflation. Given that wage levels were depressed in some sectors - pay rises during this period along with social welfare increases were real increases in income.

You could have just split up.

She was a cheap date all the same. Didn't even have to stretch to a happy meal

And Biden's spending plans (and previous admininistrations quantative easing) must have had no impact on inflation either. Its a "worldwide" issue.

And Bertie Ahern's policies had no impact on the scale of the Great Recession in Ireland, it was global issue, the collapse of Lehman brothers was what undid all his good work.

Inflation is massive and in my experience way above the official headline figures. Example- my barber was €12 for a man’s cut pre covid. That went to €15 now €18- so a 50% increase in about 18 months.

looking recently at purchasing a toyota corrola car ...

first of all the price has gone up significantly, secondly the 1000 euro they gave with the purchase finance offer is gone, thirdly the interest rate on pcp has increased from 3.9-》4.9 to today 5.5%

in summary i think i wont bother going ahead with the purchase and just hold onto own car for another few years instead

Aldi/Lidl were supposedly raising prices by 30/40% across the board but I haven't noticed it in my weekly shopping yet.

I think gas/electricity and diesel are the only items Ive personally noticed. I think the next big item will be interest rates.

I've recently fixed for 5 years. I think that will be the best way the average joe can hedge against the rising tide.