On: Japan's Nikkei surpasses 1989 all-time high

[modeless]

The other side of this coin is that exports are very difficult. My dad is a nut farmer and the business is completely unsustainable right now. Expenses are through the roof while simultaneously crop prices are at all time lows due to the collapse of exports. It's nuts.

[thebruce87m → modeless]

> It's nuts.

Is this an industry saying?

[lostlogin → thebruce87m]

A good brand name.

[grugagag → modeless]

How come nuts prices aren’t low for consumers though?

[oefrha → grugagag]

Businesses have a tendency of raising prices when costs rise but not lowering prices when costs drop.

[hollerith → grugagag]

The price of the almonds at Trader Joe's was $8 per pound for many years, and now it is $6 per pound.