In 1934, on the initiative of I.V. Stalin, it was decided to reduce retail prices by 35% compared to 1933. From 10/01/1935 prices for bread, flour, grain, pasta, cereals, rice, as well as for confectionery were reduced. In November, prices for meat were reduced by 35%.
In 1937, prices for industrial consumer goods were reduced in the general trade network by 5-15%, in department stores - by 10-15%. In 1947 bread, flour and cereals fell in price by 10%. In 1948, Moskvich cars became more affordable by 10%. Motorcycles and bicycles have fallen in price by 20%.
On March 1, 1950, a loaf of bread fell in price by 30%. Beef and pork prices fell 24%. Butter fell in price by 30%.
After the war, gasoline became cheaper in the USSR on a regular basis. In 1951, the price per liter fell by 20%.

Capitalists hate all this... With all their guts.

Dell and HP, among the leading players in the global personal computer market, warn that laptop shortages may emerge in the coming months.

The expected shortage in the global PC market is due to difficulties in the production of computer components, in particular, processors. HP says that the supply of computers and printers will be limited until at least the end of this year.

Dell, in turn, notes that the observed picture will lead to higher prices for computers. The company warns that it may simply not be able to meet all orders for laptop shipments.

Taiwanese PCB makers saw their combined first-quarter 2021 output value at their plants in Taiwan and China surge 26.7% on year to NT$173.4 billion (US$6.11 billion), a record high for the same quarter, according to statistics released by Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA).

Prices of used vehicles sold at auctions around the US in May spiked by 4.6% from April, by 26% year-to-date, and by 45% from April 2019, according to the Used Vehicle Value Index released today by Manheim, the largest auto auction operator in the US and a unit of Cox Automotive.

Brazil's annual inflation rate was 8.1 percent last month, well above the central bank's target range of 2.25-5.25 percent.

All resource colonies are now paying for US/EU and Japan monetary injections. And note -despite on big surges in resource prices salaries in colonies never follow them. All the extra money usually remain in the metropolies banks.

A couple of weeks ago, Edgar Dworsky walked into a Stop & Shop grocery store in Somerville, Mass., like a detective entering a murder scene.

He stepped into the cereal aisle, where he hoped to find the smoking gun. He scanned the shelves. Oh no, he thought. He was too late. The store had already replaced old General Mills cereal boxes — such as Cheerios and Cocoa Puffs — with newer ones. It was as though the suspect's fingerprints had been wiped clean.

Then Dworsky headed toward the back of the store. Sure enough, old boxes of Cocoa Puffs and Apple Cinnamon Cheerios were stacked at the end of one of the aisles. He grabbed an old box of Cocoa Puffs and put it side by side with the new one. Aha! The tip he had received was right on the money. General Mills had downsized the contents of its "family size" boxes from 19.3 ounces to 18.1 ounces

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/07/06/1012409112/beware-of-shrinkflation-inflations-devious-cousin

So this is one of the real mayor trouble economic world wide crisis.

“The container crisis”. I’m exporting vegan meat like beyond meat and impossible burger products and the rise of containers is ruining several transactions for us.

Invest in copper, will be the new oil sooner than later.