Today, the trading economics egg price tracker using USDA information shows that egg prices have dropped to $4.15 nationwide. This is about half of the peak prices of $8.17 per dozen in January, 2025. This trend will likely have some follow through to the normal pricing of $3.0-$3.5 per dozen. This egg price drop alone would take 0.2 off of the 2.8 CPI reading released a two days ago.

Why is a futurist and technology site tracking the price of eggs? Getting inflation below 2.0% will let the US federal reserve cut interest rates aggressively. Cutting interest rates will boost the economy, stock prices and make it easier to fund technology companies.

The share of eggs in the CPI represents the proportion of total consumer spending attributed to eggs, expressed as a percentage. This weight is small because eggs are just one of many items in the basket, which includes thousands of goods and services. Based on typical BLS data and estimates derived from consumption patterns, the relative importance of eggs in the CPI is approximately 0.1%.

Contribution to CPI increase = Weight of eggs × Percentage change in egg prices
Weight of eggs = 0.1% = 0.001 (as a decimal)

Percentage change in egg prices = 300% = 3 (as a decimal multiplier relative to the original price)