Sticker shock. That's the only way to describe what we have experienced over the last couple of years in Michigan. From runs on toilet paper in 2020 to the great 'Egg-Flation' of 2023, we've seen prices for everyday products and services soar in the Mitten.

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Remember strolling through the grocery store and thinking you were trapped in a bidding game on the Price is Right, only Bob Barker had jacked up the cost of each item to throw you off. Inflation hit many of us hard in Michigan.

Michigan's Inflation Prices Remain, but Some Products and Services Are Dropping

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From gas prices that made you wonder how much a kidney would go for on the black market to the ridiculous cost of a date night, Michiganders are feeling the uncomfortable pinch of inflation. Watching your monthly budget shrink is like seeing an ice cream cone in August, melting on a hot playground slide, knowing you have to not only slide through the mess, but you have to clean it up as well.

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Your inner "Michigan-Pollyanna" wants to find the silver lining to your economic issues and, fortunately, there is one! Some of the products and services that were once shockingly high have begun to creep back down to non-heart-attack-inducing prices.

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We have reached the DEFLATION point in our Michigan Inflation! So, what prices are going down?

Michigan DE-Flation: 13 Product and Service Inflation Price Drops

The latest Consumer Price Index is in and LifeHacker has crunched the data to reveal products and services that are now lower in Michigan following 2022 and late 2023's inflation. Here's a look at 13 Deflated Prices in the Mitten State.

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