On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:49:39 -0800 (PST), greg2468
wrote:

I recently went to our favorite big box store. While wandering around
the paint department, I noticed that most brands sold there are no
longer full gallons. They were one pint less than a gallon. Yet,
spread rate magically remains the same! Of course the price remains
the same! I live in the southeast United State and am curious to know
if this has happened in other areas. (Quarts are now 28 ounces).

I don't follow the other products mentioned, but candy bars get
smaller and smaller and then they get bigger in one big jump and the
price goes up.

Then they start getting smaller again.

AIUI most economists think that mild inflation is good for the economy
because it encourages businesses and people do things now, but the
cost of the war will imo cause greater than mild inflation for quite a
few years.