“The inflation rate in San Diego is 6.4%, and that’s what it is nationally. So we’re kind of on par with the country at large,' said Miro Copic, a professor of marketing at San Diego State University.
But when you talk about inflation, it’s important to provide context.
The price of food has been especially volatile — cereal and bakery goods up 18.4%, dairy up 22%, fruits and vegetables are up 4.8%, but poultry, fish and eggs are down by 0.8%.Medical care rose 4.4%. Fuel prices, though it might not seem like it, are down for all grades of gas.Become a KPBS sponsor The natural gas situation is now improving. The idle pipelines are coming back on line and the price of natural gas is falling.But, overall, inflation may seem worse for San Diegans because everything here was more expensive before prices started shooting up.
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