Skip to main content

Ask the News Top News Briefings Markets AI Market Briefs

Watchlist Bookmarks

How Much Could One Banana Cost? A Lot More! — Brief24

Ask the News Briefings Top News News Business Sports

Top News/Politics

How Much Could One Banana Cost? A Lot More!

Slate·October 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM

slate.com

Despite skyrocketing inflation and a complex supply chain, cheap bananas remain an American staple.

Chat about this story

Quick actions

Chat about this story… or type / for commands

Brief24 AI

More stories

For one grocery chain, the cost to ship lettuce now tops the lettuce itself, showing how high fuel prices are sinking their teeth across the economy

Fortune·1 day ago

For one grocery chain, the cost to ship lettuce now tops the lettuce itself, showing how high fuel prices are sinking their teeth across the economy

Bloomberg·2 days ago

Coffee’s Coming Glut May Not Be Enough to Calm Volatile Prices

Candy Prices Are Way Up — But That’s Not Scaring Americans Away From Buying Tons of Halloween Candy This Year

Entrepreneur·2 days ago

Candy Prices Are Way Up — But That’s Not Scaring Americans Away From Buying Tons of Halloween Candy This Year

USD/EUR0.8895-0.42%
USD/GBP0.7502-0.75%
USD/JPY157.98+0.02%
USD/CHF0.8237-0.95%
USD/CAD1.414-0.52%
USD/AUD1.439+0.45%
USD/ILS3.111+0.45%
USD/CNY6.686-0.10%

Last updated 1 day ago

15°

Clear

High 15°

Low 2°

Sun

15°

2°

Mon

16°

4°

Tue

18°

12°

Wed

16°

9°

Thu

18°

8°

S&P 500
7,659.44-1.09%
Nasdaq
26,140.03-2.15%
Dow Jones
52,002.41-0.34%
Russell 2000
2,721.37-1.66%
VIX
20.22+22.84%
DAX
25,622.61+0.95%
Gold
$4,188.40+0.44%
Brent
$109.67+3.54%
Bitcoin
$81,480-0.80%
TA 35
4,224.67+1.64%
TA 125
4,091.37+1.72%
TA Banks-5

Last updated 1 day ago

8,908.43+0.78%