With sharp increases to the price of goods and services, where’s all this extra money I’m spending going?

Question

Don’t try to tell me my wages are sharply increasing either, because they’re not! Nor are my friends, family, or neighbors.

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> Don’t try to tell me my wages are sharply increasing either, because they’re not! Nor are my friends, family, or neighbors.

Except they are. Well. maybe not *you*, but the statistics show wage increases across the board, and these are expected to increase next year as well. Just because you can’t personally see it doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

Aside from that, everything /u/ZacQuicksilver says below is pretty accurate. The high points are the shipping crisis and the labor shortage along with some of the monetary policies the government’s done for the past few years.