Love Costs More This Valentine’s Day Compared To A Year Ago

By Jeanna SmialekBloomberg

Love is patient, love is kind. Love is also expensive, and it’s getting pricier.

Dinner away from home, wine at a restaurant and tickets for shows all cost more last month than they did a year earlier – and their prices rose slightly faster than the 2.1 percent increase in inflation overall, according to U.S. Labor Department data released on Valentine’s Day.

Those aren’t the only romantic gestures for which prices are nudging higher. A box of chocolates will run you 1 percent more than a year ago, if the candy index is representative, and if you and your sweetheart pop a bottle at home, it’s going to be slightly more expensive than it was in 2017.

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