For months, President Donald Trump falsely claimed that egg prices were falling. It wasn’t true then, but it is now. Egg prices fell 12.7% last month, the largest monthly decline since 1984. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this drop on Tuesday. Prices could continue to decrease this month as well. The USDA reported that a dozen large white-shell eggs now cost $3.30 on average, down 69 cents from the previous week. This decline comes after a surge in egg prices due to a deadly avian flu epidemic that necessitated the culling of egg-laying hens. Despite this recent drop, egg prices remain significantly higher than before the bird flu outbreak and are 49.3% more expensive than they were last year.
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