(The Center Square) – Prices in the capital city of North Carolina are down modestly for a gallon of milk, eggs and gas since a new administration arrived at the White House.
On the Presidents Day holiday, milk is $3.46 a gallon on average in Raleigh, a dozen eggs $3.98 and a gallon of unleaded gasoline has a statewide average of $2.87. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, those respective prices were $3.50, $4.06 and $2.88.
Here’s a look at some measures of consumer prices:
Milk (regular, 1 gallon): $3.46, on a range of $2.50 to $5.50. The national average is $3.99, on a range of $1.96 to $7.66.
Eggs (regular, dozen: $3.98, on a range of $2.29 to $5.50. The national average is $3.94, on a range of $1.90 to $6.91.
Beef round (1 pound, equivalent back leg red meat): $7.70, on a range of $4.99 to $9. The national average is $7.32, on a range of $4.37 to $12.
Bread (load, fresh white, 1 pound): $3.64, on a range of $1.99 to $4.53. The national average is $3.28, on a range of $1.79 to $5.98.
Gasoline (unleaded, 1 gallon): $2.87, down from $3.15 a year ago, lower by less than a penny from $2.83 a month ago. The national average is $3.16, down from $3.28 a year ago, and up from $3.11 a month ago.
Diesel (unleaded, 1 gallon): $3.58, down from $4.07 a year ago, up from $3.49 a month ago. The national average is $3.66, down from $4.10 a year ago, up from $3.61 a month ago.
Food prices are from Numbeo, a crowd-sourced database with costs of living and other factors for cities and countries globally.
Fuel prices are from the American Automobile Association.