(The Center Square) – Five months into a new presidential administration with multiple foreign policy storylines taking turns grabbing attention, the price of a dozen eggs – a familiar campaign trail echo – remain stable in North Carolina’s capital city.
So does milk and other groceries. For all the fear of a domino effect tied to Liberation Day tariff talk, a military strike in the Middle East, and federal law being followed at the nation’s borders, average prices on household staples are not hitting record lows or highs.
Eggs are up over the last four months, and beef is down. Eggs are an average of $4.69 for a regular dozen; regular milk is $3.37 for a gallon; a loaf of fresh white bread is $3.73; and one pound of beef round is $7.50.
Raleigh’s prices on March 3 were $4.17 for a dozen eggs, $3.44 for a gallon of milk, $3.68 for a loaf of bread and $8.04 for a pound of beef round. The prices, on average, have not changed in the last four weeks.
The figures are from Numbeo, a crowd-sourced database with costs of living and other factors for cities and countries globally.
Consumer prices have been a focus of the Trump administration. There have been tariff battles and new trade agreements, all part of the second-term Republican’s desire to fulfill campaign promises on the economy.
For context, President Donald Trump has been back in office for 162 days and not all deals and negotiations have settled into place.
The latest rate of inflation released in June for May is 2.4%, a drop from 3% in January and from 3.3% in the same month a year ago. The release of June’s percentage is scheduled July 15.
Here’s a look at some measures of consumer prices for Raleigh and the nation:
• Milk (regular, 1 gallon): $3.37, on a range of $1.80 to $5.50. The national average is $4.02, on a range of $1.99 to $7.84.
• Eggs (regular, dozen): $4.69, on a range of $2.29 to $6.50. The national average is $4.32, on a range of $1.99 to $7.69.
• Beef round (1 pound, equivalent back leg red meat): $7.50, on a range of $4.99 to $9. The national average is $7.41, on a range of $4.50 to $12.
• Bread (load, fresh white, 1 pound): $3.73, on a range of $1.99 to $5. The national average is $3.31, on a range of $1.80 to $6.18.
