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Posted on 10/14/2026 6:13:08 AM PDT by buckalfa
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in September after rising 0.4 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.7 percent before seasonal adjustment.
The index for gasoline rose 9.1 percent in September, accounting for over half of the monthly all items increase. The energy index increased 5.2 percent over the month following a 2.1-percent increase in August. The shelter index rose 0.4 percent in September after rising 0.3 percent in August. The index for food was unchanged in September, as the index for food away from home increased 0.2 percent and the index for food at home fell 0.1 percent.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent in September, as it did in August. Indexes that increased over the month include recreation, used cars and trucks, education, airline fares, medical care, and apparel. Conversely, the index for communication was among the small number of major indexes that decreased in September.
The all items index rose 3.7 percent for the 12 months ending September, a larger increase than the 3.4-percent increase reported for the 12 months ending in August. The all items less food and energy index rose 2.6 percent over the year,following a 2.4-percent increase over the 12 months ending August. The energy index increased 20.4 percent for the 12 months ending September. The food index increased 2.5 percent over the last year.
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If the nation had real leadership, it would be explaining to people why this is not sustainable and looking for ways to reduce the deficit. But we don’t.
11+ Trillion Un-Beautiful Debt Cult, signed by Trump
40+ Trillion US Manipulated Global Government Debt.
Whoredom in the White House
Whoredom abomination in the Treasury.
Romans Chapter 1. đź“–
So social security benefits will be increased by 3.6% in January.
And yet it's still significantly lower than under Biden.
Spin it any way you want, inflation means higher cost of borrowing feeding more inflation as our economy is based on debt.>>. And wars generally cause inflation due to Gov spending. And some supply shortages on the domestic front.
Now that inflation is at 3.7% and gas is $4.00/gallon, that same media says we're all doomed.
What you say is true but it is Trump who is in office and it is Trump and his agenda that will suffer at the ballot box in three weeks.
And the rate on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds was below 4% on the day before this stupid military campaign in Iran began.
This isn’t what I voted for.
Gas was $3.12 on Inauguration Day. It’s now $4.33.
None of this is what I voted for. What I voted for we had in January of just this year. At that time Iran did not have nuclear weapons, they still do not have nuclear weapons but we have a mess on our hands. Thanks Don. Thanks a lot.
I think voters understand Trump when he says this is a small price to pay so that Iran doesn’t get a nuclear bomb.
Interest rates need to go up more since inflation is devastating—especially to those on fixed incomes. (like retirees).
Inflation is a tax increase that politicians never have to vote for.
EXACTLY what I voted for.
Only stupid ppl and Leftists can’t make wealth in Trump’s presidency.
I’m up six figures since Jan ‘26.
Keep crying
I think they know its over and are just looting for themselves. In a household budget scenario they make $100K/yr, spend $134K/yr, and have $726K in debt. Cutting the spending in half it would still take 10 years to pay it off. However that isn’t even exactly true since the gov’t recoups approximately 17% of every dollar spent as tax revenue. Therefore it would require ~96% ($134,000/yr to $6,000/yr) reduction in spending for 10 years and a ~52% ($134,000/yr to $64,000/yr) reduction in spending for 30 years. Remember, the entire time SS is $30,000/yr, Medicare is $19,000/yr, Defense is $17,000/yr. Numbers were sourced across 2025-2026, scaled and rounded for clarity so they are off a little. However this was done to make them easier to understand rationally. This is also not taking into account any cascading effects. It seems to be an unpayable bill, so we are just going to continue making the minimum payment on the debt.
Good thing he fired all the legitimate statisticians and replaced them with politicized robots or the numbers would be even worse.
And the GOP flipped both the House and the Senate in the 2022 midterms.
I think people need to wake up and stop looking for excuses.
It blows my mind that we’re really using the same damn playbook that the DSA tried in 4 years ago: Things are going great and it’s the media’s fault for not focusing on the good news, it’s the “last guy’s fault”, and happy times are just a week away.
It didn’t work in 2022 so why in the world would anyone think to just dust off a failed playbook and think it would work this time?
I could literally anonymize statements from Potato Joe, Yellen, Deese, etc in 2022 and do the same with statements from DJT, Bessent, and Lutnick this year — and I bet everybody would have a hard time assigning them to the proper administration.
I can assure that if inflation DROPPED by the same rate, Fox News and the others would not have it as a lead story. Other anti-Trumpers on social media would also be silent.
You have lots of criticism but failed to mention any recommendations for corrective action. In your opinion, what is the proper strategy for the GOP to pursue?
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