Did Grocery Prices Drop in 2025? Officials Disagree (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Last week, President Trump said, quote, we have the groceries going down. Did grocery prices drop in 2025?
[00:00:11] Speaker 2: Numerous prices have.
[00:00:13] Speaker 1: Did grocery prices drop in 2025?
[00:00:16] Speaker 2: Numerous grocery prices have gone down.
[00:00:19] Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I don't know if you can't hear me. Did grocery prices drop in 2025?
[00:00:25] Speaker 2: Numerous grocery prices have gone down. Some of them. And in fact, we have seen inflation at 2.1% for the past month.
[00:00:34] Speaker 1: Have you seen the Bureau of Labor Statistics, that is Donald Trump's own Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, that report that grocery prices were 2.4% higher at the end of 2025 than they were at the end of 2024? So if you're just going to insult people by denying the facts that are out there and tell people they're doing great when they're struggling, I think that's just another way to say, you don't have a plan to bring down these prices.
- The interviewee claims some grocery prices have decreased but does not affirm an overall decline.
- The reporter cites BLS data that grocery prices ended 2025 about 2.4% higher than end-2024.
- Recent monthly inflation around 2.1% is mentioned, but it does not directly settle year-over-year grocery price changes.
- The exchange highlights tension between selective price drops and overall grocery inflation trends.