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What would everyday goods cost after full supply-chain automation?
[1] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index — Average Price Data, 2025–2026. bls.gov/cpi
[2] USDA Economic Research Service, Food Dollar Series. ers.usda.gov
[3] Supply chain cost decompositions: McKinsey Global Institute, "Automation and the future of work" (2023); Deloitte, "The Smart Factory @ Scale" (2024).
[4] SMR LCOE projections: NuScale Power regulatory filings; IAEA Advances in SMR Technology Developments (2024); Lazard LCOE Analysis v17.0.
[5] Robotics deployment costs: IFR World Robotics Report 2025; manufacturer specifications from Agility Robotics, Locus Robotics, Symbotic, John Deere Autonomy.
Last updated: April 2026. All prices in 2026 USD. This is a structural scenario analysis — not a prediction of near-term consumer prices.