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how was this possible? was there a deflation?
or was it the specificity of the product sugar that was made so expensive due to wartime restrictions on maritime trade?
The answer is in the photo (well the reason I guess)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Price_Administration
i was so busy looking at the prices that my adhd brain didn’t register the opa part! thanks for the explanation