Inflation comes for your oysters | CNN Business

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Americans are shelling out more for oyster happy hours.

Experts say the buck-an-oyster deal of yore is all but dead, with some noting restaurants have hiked prices as high as $2.50 apiece.

Oyster happy hours are just the latest piece of American life that’s gotten more expensive as prices have muscled higher in recent years. While the US Federal Reserve has made progress in beating back the rate of price increases, inflation has remained stubbornly above target, and Americans have been paying more for everything from groceries to rent to, yes, hanging

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