Observed arrival · 2026-11-11
The carrot, promoted to economic indicator
Carrot Index tracks supermarket carrot prices in Australia and compares them with markets, weather, and other indicators.
- For
- Australians comparing supermarket carrot prices
- Worth noticing
- The national figure is the median across five supermarkets; older prices are partly backfilled from HotPrices and the Internet Archive.
Field notes
The homepage says supermarket prices are collected around 6am Sydney time, with the national figure set as the median of five retailers. Its store table distinguishes bag prices from loose-per-kilogram prices; IGA coverage comes from one Sydney store. Older Coles and Woolworths figures are backfilled from HotPrices, while old Harris Farm data comes from the Internet Archive. The correlation playground offers 67 comparison series and a lag slider, and labels its reported significance “p = vibes.”
Observed signals
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