Inflation & Market Data
2009
2009-02-23 “Buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own”.
https://libertythroughwealth.com/2020/03/26/way-to-wealth-invest-when-blood-streets/
https://www.bitget.com/wiki/when-there’s-blood-in-the-streets-quote
PAY WALL https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/23/contrarian-markets-boeing-personal-finance_investopedia.html
2020
2020-03-16 The stock market crashed.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/worst-day-on-wall-street-since-1987-as-virus-fears-spread
2021
2021-02-19 Americans were economically “battered” by the pandemic.
https://www.nefe.org/news/2021/02/majority-of-americans-battered-by-pandemic-unsettled-economy.aspx
https://www.cbpp.org/research/economy/tracking-the-recovery-from-the-pandemic-recession
2021-10-18 Suppliers blamed supply chain issues for higher prices.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/18/supply-chain-chaos-is-hitting-global-growth-and-could-get-worse.html
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2023/beyond-bls/what-caused-inflation-to-spike-after-2020.htm
2022
2022-01-01 AI-driven dynamic pricing expanded across airlines, groceries, travel, and retail, using algorithms to maximize what consumers would pay. The Iran war, Trump’s tariffs, and emerging “K” economy of 2026 may have exacerbated it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/iran-war-oil-price-surge-worsen-k-shaped-economy-say-economists.html
https://www.fastcompany.com/91451686/dynamic-pricing-becoming-the-rule-not-the-exception
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/business/dynamic-surge-pricing-nightcap.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/opinion/dynamic-pricing-algorithms.html
https://www.fastcompany.com/91451686/dynamic-pricing-becoming-the-rule-not-the-exception
https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2023/05/31/the-price-is-wrong
https://www.branchspace.com/news/airline-dynamic-pricing-ladders
2022-07-01 The US slipped to 41st place worldwide on the list of developed countries. It is no longer considered a first-world nation.
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2025/07/13/opinion-is-the-united-states-still-a-first-world-nation/
https://medium.com/the-steady-drop/7-reasons-america-is-not-a-first-world-country-9c7020ff10fa
2023
2023-01-01 Food prices remained inflated post pandemic in what some reports called “price setting”.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/inflation-beef-coffee-bananas-food-prices-cpi/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cpi-report-today-inflation-september-2025-tariffs/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab4i
https://money.com/grocery-prices-may-never-fall
https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2023/q4_feature1
https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/why-are-grocery-prices-still-high-6-years-post-pandemic/
https://inequality.org/article/inflation-price-gouging/
2024
2024-04-01 Climate-related cocoa shortages drove prices to record highs. Some manufacturers reduced cocoa content, substituted palm kernel oil for cocoa butter, and relabeled products under FDA rules. Some estimates suggest chocolate production could become severely threatened by 2050.
https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/chocolates-climate-crisis/
https://eciu.net/analysis/reports/2025/climate-impacts-on-cocoa
https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/why-price-cocoa-dropping-but-chocolate-rising
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/cocoa
2024-07-18 Trump campaigned on the promise that he would reduce inflation on day one.
2025 February
2025-02-05 Global economic growth reached its lowest level since the pandemic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67914707
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/new-gdp-data-falls-short-trump
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/economy/us-jobs-data-layoffs-hiring
2025-02-06 Egg prices soared due to bird flu. When farmers rebuilt flocks and replaced sick birds, Trump took the credit.
https://innovateanimalag.org/hpai-costs-2025
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/business/egg-prices-trump
2025 March
2025-03-05 Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik called negative economy data “Biden data” and said Trump will fix the economy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/trump-commerce-chief-lutnick-blames-biden-for-economy.html
2025-03-12 Trump claimed his administration had “virtually no inflation” during his last term, took credit for lowered egg prices, and cited oil was $65 a barrel.
2025 April
2025-04-17 Trump criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on social media and said Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough.”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114352766082542122
https://econclubchi.org/event/hon-jerome-h-powell/
2025 June
2025-06-01 Inflation surged.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/15/cpi-inflation-report-june-2025.html
2025 July
2025-07-30 Trump pressured Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. The Federal Reserve pushed back, maintaining that rate cuts are dependent upon economic data and not political pressure.
2025 August
2025-08-05 Trump made several claims about trillions in US income, paying off the debt in large quantities, and issuing dividends to the people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb7yKvOQE_c
2025 September
2025-09-01 According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual labor inflation rose to 3% from 2024. Gas rose 4.1%, and groceries rose 2.7%.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
2025-09-11 The stock market reached record highs.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/investing/us-stock-market
2025-09-12 During an interview with Fox, Trump claimed he solved inflation.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/business/inflation-data-prices-rising-trump-policies
2025-09-14 Stephen Miran was sworn in as federal governor for the Federal Reserve Board just minutes before the Central Bank meeting so he could vote to lower interest rates. Miran did not resign from his other seat as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors.
2025-09-17 Against Chairman Powell’s advice, the U.S. lowered interest rates.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20250917a.htm
2025 October
2025-10-23 The U.S. national debt surpassed $38 TRILLION.
2025 December
2025-12-03 Trump rolled back vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, reduced targets from roughly 50 MPG to about 35 MPG and claimed that lowering carbon emissions was the cause for high auto prices.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/nx-s1-5630389/trump-administration-rolls-back-fuel-economy-standards
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-roll-back-biden-era-vehicle-fuel-efficiency/story?id=128080691
2025-12-17 Trump held an 18-minute press conference to fixate on Biden, deflect affordability concerns, and tout a so-called “great economy”.
2026 February
2026-02-01 Producer Price Index (wholesale inflation) increased at a seasonally adjusted 0.7% for February 2026. The expectation was 0.3%. PPI inflation was at 3.4% for the year. Core PPI was up 3.9% for the year. These are generally indicators of our CPI. These numbers do not yet reflect the cause-and-effect of Trump’s war in Iran.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/ppi-inflation-february-2026.html
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-producer-prices-surge-february-services-2026-03-18/
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/stubborn-wholesale-inflation-persisted-in-february
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ppi_03182026.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5whk5ZoomA0&list=WL&index=3
2026-02-19 The Federal Reserve signaled they would have to raise interest rates.
2026 March
2026-03-04 Fast-food CEOs did cameos of themselves eating their own food as a promotion to boost sales.
https://www.today.com/food/trends/mcdonalds-ceo-eats-burger-video-rcna261776
https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-ceo-viral-eats-new-burger-product-11602877
2026-03-19 Israel bombed the South Pars gas field, which holds 75% of gas in Iran.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/middleeast/iran-qatar-south-pars-gas-field-explainer-intl
2026-03-20 Globally because of the Iran war people are rationing petrol, cutting out meals, and losing crops.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/20/iran-war-shocks-across-globe-effects-key-takeaways
2026-03-26 Wall Street suffered its worst day since the start of the Corona Virus pandemic. The price of crude oil topped $110 a barrel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGFkuH7GRX8&list=WL&index=1&t=388s
https://fortune.com/2026/03/18/oil-prices-110-crude-brent-iran-war-israel-strait-hormuz-lng/
2026-03-26 OECD said Trump’s war was projected to cause inflation to jump from 2.4% to 4.2%.
https://thehill.com/business/5802000-inflation-us-israeli-conflict-iran/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/war-hits-global-economy-us-100000814.html
https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/your-money/war-iran-inflation-oecd/
https://nypost.com/2026/03/26/business/us-inflation-will-soar-to-4-2-if-iran-war-drags-on-says-oecd/
2026-03-27 Sony raised PlayStation 5 prices globally due to chip shortages.
2026 April
2026-04-17 The worlds 100 top oil and gas companies banked $30M per hour during the first month of the Israeli-Iran war.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers
https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/unearned-profit-is-an-interesting-idea-no
2026-04-28 The UAE departed from OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries).
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/uae-says-it-quits-opec-opec-statement-2026-04-28/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/uae-opec-exit-oil-iran-war.html
2026-04-30 A bale of hay costs $23, diesel costs rose up over 46%, screwworms were an issue in the Southern border, and additional cuts to SNAP benefits were made. Meanwhile farming families are under duress and the rate of farmer suicide is increasing.
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXp39tRiciL/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRokZs7gPQ&list=WL&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LbxJS5uApQ&list=WL&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmRokZs7gPQ&list=WL&index=2
https://www.fb.org/initiative/farm-state-of-mind
2026-04-30 The U.S. debt was larger than its GDP.
2018 PROJECTION https://www.cato.org/blog/us-only-country-projected-rising-government-debt-gdp-ratio-through-2023
SUB WALL https://fortune.com/2026/04/30/national-debt-larger-than-economy-gdp-ratio-100-percent/
2026 May
2026-05-01 Money market funds experienced high cash flow as investors parked their money in them, topping assets out at $8TR.
https://www.ici.org/news-release/money-market-funds-hit-seven-trillion
2026-05-03 Spirit Airlines liquidated all its assets.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/spirit-airlines-trump-bailout.html
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5789050/spirit-airlines-liquidation-bankruptcy-impact
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/spirit-airlines-rescue-trump-administration.html
2026-05-04 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced a state emergency due to rising costs and gas prices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7E9FItIaPk&list=WL&index=6
https://wchstv.com/news/local/ky-governor-andy-beshear-takes-steps-to-lower-price-of-gas
2026-05-06 KraftHeinz reported that consumers are dipping into their savings accounts just to eat.
PAY WALL https://www.seattletimes.com/business/consumers-are-running-out-of-money-and-cutting-back-ceos-warn/
2026-05-06 National Economic Council Director Kevin Hasset told Fox news “In fact, I had the head of one of the big five banks in my office yesterday going through the credit card data. And just as Secretary Bessent said, credit card spending is through the roof. They’re spending more on gasoline, but they’re spending more no everything else too.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-official-drops-odd-boast-161158876.html?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5867139-strong-job-market-us/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/economy-trump-administration-messaging
https://www.the-independent.com/us/money/trump-credit-card-spending-b2971738.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ofisyS9MA&list=WL&index=9&t=41s
2026-05-07 Gas prices rose more than 50% under Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPxMG5eHKZw&list=WL&index=4
2026-05-07 Whirlpool reported a “recession-level industry decline” with a 12% drop in shares and said they would be raising their prices.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/07/whirlpool-recession-sales-iran-tariffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwA_6aaneLM
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/business/article_d4117490-f07f-5c0c-9552-a4c7441f6b3f.html
2026-05-12 Trump said, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation – I don’t think about anybody”. Two days later JD Vance denied Trump ever said this. https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-americans-financial-situation-iran-negotiations/story?id=132891356
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/12/world/live-news/trump-iran-war-news
https://newrepublic.com/post/210395/jd-vance-donald-trump-never-said-care-even-little-bit-americans
2026 June
2026-06-23 Banks have not lowered interest rates despite Trump’s pledge in January for them to do so. Citizens are putting food and gas on credit cards, credit delinquency reached the highest level since the crash of 2008, and since January Americans have paid $57B more in credit card interest above 10%. One in three people are skipping meals, medications, and healthcare services.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgOL9u3m3dM&list=WL&index=1
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/fomc-meeting-recap-january-2025/
2026-06-30 Airline fares climbed 26.5%
https://fortune.com/2026/06/30/airfare-airline-ticket-costs-domestic-versus-international-jet-fuel/
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/expect-prices-high-stay-high-155812555.html
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/airfare-inflation/
2026 July
2026-07-06 Microsoft cut 4800 more jobs, citing a loss of 64 cents for every dollar the company invested.
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-jobs-cuts-across-sales-and-xbox-read-the-memo-2026-7
2026-07-25 The Trump administration announced the Bureau of Economic Analysis will be rolling out a new methodology for the Personal Consumer Expenditures Numbers, with the new calculation expected to drop the inflation rate by a quarter percent ahead of mid-terms.
https://www.bea.gov/information-updates-national-regional-economic-accounts
https://www.aarp.org/social-security/early-look-cola-increase-2026/
https://401kspecialistmag.com/cola/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpOXruRCqp4&list=WL&index=4
INFLATION 2025 https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/10/inflation-remains-low-as-democrat-shutdown-threatens-progress/