Inflation

This thread is dedicated to facts about inflation.

Trump’s Second Term (Jan 2025–present): Inflation has been relatively low, with an annualized rate of approximately 1.4%–1.6% through June 2025. In March 2025, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a 0.1% month-over-month decline, the first in nearly five years, with a year-over-year rate of 2.4%. This reflects cooling prices in areas like gasoline (down 10.3% year-over-year) and some goods, though food prices (e.g., meats, poultry, fish) rose 3.1% annually.

Biden’s Term (Jan 2021–Jan 2025): Inflation averaged 4.95% annually, with a cumulative increase of about 19.4%–20.1% over the term. It peaked at 9.1% year-over-year in June 2022, the highest in 40 years, driven by post-COVID supply chain issues, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. By August 2024, inflation had cooled to 2.5%, but prices remained elevated compared to pre-Biden levels.

Comparison:Trump’s second term shows significantly lower inflation (1.4%–1.6% annualized) compared to Biden’s average (4.95%).

But, but, but, DRUMPF promised to lower prices......

Fucking ADUH!

I just commented in another thread that is useless presenting facts to someone with a political bias that refuses to accept them because of political hate, alone.

Good luck trying.




Call me a WHAMBULANCE, because DRUMPF can't make McDs sell me a 15 cent burger, WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Also fact, I saw regular gas at 3.09 a gallon today, the best price I've seen since Bidens highs, of over 5 for regular, and over 6 for Premium.

Great job Democrat Joe Biden.

“The worst month for inflation under President Joe Biden was June 2022, when the year-over-year inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), reached 9.1%. This was the highest inflation rate in over 40 years”

2.48 a dozen eggs.

Realistically far under Bidens prices.

It's critical right now to raise interest rates, people are spending too much money.

I know, you thinks it's punitive, but people need to learn to live within their means.

Can’t make this up.

The official Dem account on X with 2.3 million followers posts a graph of grocery inflation from 2021 and calls it Trumps America.

The problem is Biden and Kamala were in office during the huge run up in grocery prices and the graph posted clearly shows that.

Dems are as dumb as a box of rocks, a self-own and TDS tries to blame it on 47.



https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1948522081169408345

Curious - what is the lag time on prior administrations vs immediate credit for the pluses but all denial of anything negative.

Not impunining the current situation to being one of the past or current administration but to consider what's the reality of things. I'd say the lag is literally a year on either side regardless, but just my 2 cents

Worst five months for inflation under Democrats Biden/Kamala Harris (CPI year-over-year):

June 2022: 9.1%
May 2022: 8.6%
July 2022: 8.5%
March 2022: 8.5%
October 2022: 7.7%

Eye - all of these dates are outside of the arbitrary 1-year window that you suggested. In other words, Biden/Kamala and the Dems own these numbers..

Worst five months for inflation under Democrats Biden/Kamala Harris (CPI year-over-year):

June 2022: 9.1%
May 2022: 8.6%
July 2022: 8.5%
March 2022: 8.5%
October 2022: 7.7%

Eye - all of these dates are outside of the arbitrary 1-year window that you suggested. In other words, Biden/Kamala and the Dems own these numbers. Originally Posted by Green_Mountain

not disputing that there was inflation- Just asking what the lag was and making a suggestion. I'd also say- that inflation has a way of being a SOB when the country is flush with cash and in buying mode- due to being in a multi-year pandemic- that's my view of it.

I'd also say if we have a sudden significant drop in interest rates-(ala Jerome Powell)- a VERY similar situation will occur with people running out to refi- and again being flush AGAIN with cash- prone to a LOT of purchase power and ability. Housing costs will be highly affected, and bonds will undoubtedly also.

The only good thing in the past 12 months relative to investments was you could / Can still find really attractive fixed rate investments at mid 4.5's or higher. I rarely invest in fixed stuff unless I know it's gonna be needed for short term, so I tend to focus on short rates, vs. long. Otherwise- I like momentum stocks and value plays.

The Biden era inflation was obviously heavily agitated by the Covid economy. He also dealt with the inflation as well as, if not better than, any other country on earth.

Covid caused massive global inflation. It wasn't all mean ol' Joe Biden's fault.

Biden/Kamala’smismanagement hurt inflation. One example below.

Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) in March 2021, passed when the economy was already recovering, injected significant cash into households, boosting demand.

Also Biden/Kamala inherited a 1.4% rate of inflation in January 2021.

Feel free to fact check.

Personally speaking, I received way more Covid money while trump was POTUS than I did under Biden.

March 2020 - January 2021 = trump
February 2021 - May 2021 = Biden

Then I was back to work at the end of May '21. The same is true for tens of millions of Americans.

Biden inherited the inevitable inflation related to trump's complete skullfucking of the Covid shutdowns. The moron said it was a hoax, at first. Then, he said it would "just disappear, like a miracle".

Worst possible "leader" at the worst possible time.

Again, Biden handled the Covid inflation better than almost any other world leader at the time. Feel free to fact check.

Also Biden/Kamala inherited a 1.4% rate of inflation in January 2021.

Feel free to fact check. Originally Posted by Green_Mountain

Christ on a cracker- What was going on in Jan 2021- oh yeah we were in a pandemic- and just about to emerge back into "civilization". Nobody was buying things but toilet paper and peleton bikes. But please- pull out inflation numbers and tout that during that time- gasoline was not in demand and only online shopping had returned. How many restaurants died due to the poor planning of the Trumptard administration; The funny cherry picking of pandemic costs such as gasoline- and energy independence is a ruse and just bullshit. IF the economy was running at a normal rate, we'd still be using way more energy than we produce, not a net exporter, but because FOX news spin machine told you we were, it's actually just a lie. It's like saying a patient in the hospital in the ICU- is experiencing a higher level of care than they would normally. YEAH. Cause they are in a critical situation- same as the country was and in recovery.

Do you know why the Biden administration fueled more money into the economy?

During the housing crisis of 2008, and banking crisis- it was determined that it's better to error in the favor of more cash in pockets than less, as there is a precarious balance between success and failure due to not having money in the economy to keep the rest of the country from falling into recession. Same thing with the cash for clunkers.


So when you tell me that they inherited "something good"., it's literally the country was handed a bag of garbage and shit- and sickness and a virus that "might" kill you, and was able to navigate through all that. They had to unwind a good bit of any over spend, but it kept the country from falling into a recession and ended up with a country who's banking system survived unlike 2008, and that the stock market went from a Jan 2021 DJIA of 29,982k, to a Jan 2025 of 44,025. up over 57%

matter of fact- the percentage of increases in the DJIA for the past administrations.

• GOP. Bush -20% DJIA performance. Inflation avg. 3.02
• Dem. Obama-214% DJIA performance. Inflation avg. 1.20
• GOP. Trump-51% DJIA performance. Inflation avg. 1.87
• Dem. Biden-57% DJIA performance. Inflation avg. 4.92

While Obama certainly has the highest percentage- he was there for 8 yrs. Still - he inherited a total shit show. So did Joe, yet those percentages of recovery are much better than the predecessors.

An obvious review of the numbers would indicate that Dems do a better job at not only increasing stock performance, but also handling crises such as pandemics or banks/ Savings Loans, and the auto industry.....Imagine if the GOP would just stop gaslighting Americans- they might stand on their own records of accomplishments.


I mean saying Gas was under X dollars and saying it was and accomplishment during a pandemic- is like saying I stopped drinking - (while I was in rehab or jail.) You don't get credit for the low numbers if you're contributing to them.

That said- Biden could have done better at keeping inflation at bay, and did so by the end of his administration. Probably- but he did so w/o significant recessions or overt giant bumps in job losses, layoffs, or the like.

UNLIKE Donnie Tariff - who created intentionally the largest stock-sell off @ 12% decline- since the dot com bubbles or the housing crisis in 2008. AND did it intentionally!!!

It's absurd and pure madness to think that this could have easily been avoided by simply having congress manage the tariffs as per their mandate- instead of giving over power to Trump. What waits in store for the POTUS who inherits this next 3.5 yrs of poor asinine functionality and literal distress.

The economic and social damage being done will not be easily fixed. Should another R be in power, it's going to be the beginning of a long dark road.