Why is Christmas So Expensive This Year? | EJ Antoni

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4.6 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Inflation is hitting Americans hard this Christmas season, with high prices across the board. Research Fellow EJ Antoni joins the podcast to explain why inflation continues to be so pervasive and what we can do about it.

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0:06.7	There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.
0:11.4	Without a heritage, every generation starts over.
0:14.5	To remind the current regime.
0:18.7	We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.
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0:22.9	all
0:23.8	action to get back
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0:26.7	box and stay there.
0:28.1	Lift-off.
0:29.0	We have a left-down.
0:31.9	From the Heritage
0:33.0	Foundation,
0:34.1	this is Heritage
0:35.0	Explains.
0:47.9	The This is Heritage Explains. We're all shopping for gifts this Christmas, and if you're anything like me, you two are
0:53.7	wondering, what if I wanted to purchase
0:56.1	my loved one, a partridge in a pear tree? How much would that cost? Well, we know, because of the
1:02.6	Christmas Price Index, produced every year since 1984 by PNC Wealth Management. It calculates
1:09.1	the cost of all 12 items in the popular holiday song
1:12.5	The 12 Days of Christmas. It turns out that in 2023, a partridge in a pear tree would run you
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