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‘We Are Struggling’: 82% Say Inflation Persists Under Trump — Including Most Republicans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/struggling-82-inflation-persists-under-185050784.html

📢 Inflationsrate steigt im März auf 2,7 Prozent
Die durch den Iran-Krieg stark gestiegenen Ölpreise schlagen deutlich auf die Verbraucherpreise durch. Die Inflationsrate stieg im März laut einer ersten Schätzung des Statistischen Bundesamts auf 2,7 Prozent. Im Februar hatte sie noch bei 1,9 Prozent gelegen.
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Energiepreise lassen März-Inflation in die Höhe schnellen
Der Iran-Krieg hat im März voll auf die Verbraucherpreise durchgeschlagen. Durch die stark gestiegenen Energiepreise sprang die Inflationsrate auf 2,7 Prozent. Experten rechnen nicht mit einer baldigen Entspannung.

Resurgent Inflation Tests Faith in Fed's Willingness to Tame It (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/business/inflation-federal-reserve-iran-war.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260327/p21#a260327p21

If Joe Biden's economy created only 130,000 jobs in a month
or inflation barely budged, as happened in January,
economists would have called it a disaster and demanded to know what the plan was.
Yet Trump who promised a booming economy and to end inflation, gets applause.
https://

@bythepeople1863.bsky.social
If Joe Biden's economy created only 130,000 jobs in a month or inflation barely budged, as happened in January, economists would have called it a disaster and demanded to know what the plan was. Yet Trump who promised a booming economy and to end inflation, gets applause.

Consumers caught in triple stack of pain (Neil Irwin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/28/iran-war-inflation-costs
http://www.memeorandum.com/260328/p21#a260328p21

The worst part of inflation, and especially uneven inflation, is that all of my built-in intuition and calibration about what is "expensive but worth it", "too expensive", or "a good deal" is basically shot to hell.
#Inflation

RAM-Inflation: Schraubt Apple deshalb am iPhone-Line-up?
Apples Marge speist sich unter anderem aus sehr teuren RAM-Upgrades. Analysten fragen sich, welche Auswirkungen die aktuellen Preissteigerungen haben.
https://…

US BLS data: video and videogame subscriptions and rentals saw inflation of 19.5% in December; cable, satellite, and livestreaming rose 1.1%, same as music subs (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

“Streamflation” Is Real: U.S. Inflation Data Shows Soaring Price of Streaming Video Services
Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday showed that overall inflation cooled in December ... but streaming video prices soared by nearly 20 percent.

https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/canadians-want-peace-not-war?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=5d77cdfb-1d02-49a7-b9c0-613bd152d5e4

Carney: Say no to Military Action in the Middle East
As Canadians, we are deeply concerned about reports that Canada could become involved in another military conflict in the Middle East. Military conflicts cost billions of dollars that ultimately come from taxpayers. At a time when Canadians are facing rising housing costs, inflation, and economic uncertainty, many people believe those resources should be focused on strengthening our communities here at home. Entering another war abroad would require significant public spending funded by...

The Trump 'Affordability' Pivot That Never Came (Catherine Rampell/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-trump-affordability-pivot-that-never-came-state-of-the-union-inflation-housing-stock-market
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p127#a260225p127

Diesel fuel (you know, the stuff that trucks and long-haul trains use) is about to hit record prices in some US states and soon will hit national record prices.
I'm sure that's totally fine for consumer prices and inflation.

A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted just before last night’s speech found that 65 percent of American adults disapprove of the president’s handling of inflation, and that 57 percent disapprove of how Trump has handled the economy overall.
Rep. Suzan DelBene,
the chair of House Democrats’ campaign arm,
said focusing on affordability would force Republicans
“to campaign on more broken promises.”

“He is very disconnected from the struggle that American …

Analysis | Trump to Democrats: ‘You caused that problem’
The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. Americans aren’t happy about the economy or immigration. Trump said that’s Democrats’ fault.

0% chance Fat Putin gives Germany their gold back.
If Germany cashes out their American investments in retaliation, get ready for ALL US prices (inflation) to skyrocket.
✅ German economists demand gold back from US vaults as trust cracks
https://thedailyoverview.…

Man this is such a good thread over at Twitter:
https://x.com/moorehn/status/2014050043527876847?s=46

Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) on X
I get it, but man -- we're mostly just exhausted. It's been 10 years of this. None of our institutions are helping us. Everyone's been in various forms of going broke since 2022 because of inflation and high interest rates. Trump's approval ratings are low and nobody wants him

#Rant
Rob Shaw is solidifying his position as the new Dean of Right Wing, anti-Worker Legislative Reporters in British Columbia.
With these gems, it's incredible that he has an education or goes to a doctor at all…
"The BCTF is typically one of the most militant unions, and quickly prone to job action.”
BCTF Strikes since 2000:
2005
2014
phew! almost got to three!
Remember that this was at the time of a union-busting BC Liberal government that had to go to the Supreme Court of Canada to get told that they ripped up union contracts unconstitutionally and were *forced* to compensate many years later.
"The ratification is a win for a New Democrat government. And extraordinarily expensive for taxpayers, too."
“extraordinarily expensive. Really? How is a wage increase that is *barely* in line with inflation after literally decades of below-inflation increases, “extraordinary”? I'll wait.
"Teachers can thank the BCGEU for turning what was an initial 3.5 per cent wage offer over two years by government, into a more than 12 per cent increase over four that is now forming the baseline for all other union deals."
Indeed! For those who can do math, that means 3% each of 4 years instead of 3.5 over two. But thanks Rob for making it seem like 4 times more!
Thanks BCGEU members for your solidarity and perceverence! I have been on strike. It sucks HARD. But it was worth it and it works.
"The ratification by the BCTF means roughly half of the 450,000 public sector employees now have deals of some sort with the province. Two majors left on the table are nurses and doctors.”
Oh no! Let’s not pay doctors and nurses! Surely they'll stay regardless in our incredibly overworked and under resourced healthcare system!
Like how does Mr Shaw believe we are to stay competitive or attract people. Or is he just not worried about getting sick….
"The skyrocketing deficit has the NDP government inking sweetheart deals with organized labour on the one hand, while pledging to cut public sector jobs with the other.”
Ya, we could have kept those public sector jobs if it weren't for fools like you who demanded governments cut taxes over the past 20 years instead of reasonable rises to... again…keep up with inflation and retain service!
It is a crappy balancing act that the NDP is doing and I do not like a lot of it. At the same time as Mr. Shaw complains about "sweetheart deals" for people in post-secondary, I am seeing historic cuts in that same sector. It's a blood bath actually. So the potential wage increases are going to be welcome, but feel pretty hollow as so many collegues have left.
Rob Shaw would have had us all lose our jobs and take a pay cut at the next one for good measure.
Thanks but no thanks Rob, your world view sucks.
https://www.nsnews.com/economy-law-politics/rob-shaw-ndp-deal-with-bc-teachers-sets-another-costly-precedent-for-public-sector-talks-11966874

Looking at "THE PARCHED EARTH OF COOPERATION: HOW
TO SOLVE THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS IN
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
GOVERNANCE", thinking:
Too bad we have no world governance really, so regulation does not work out. The second approach, privatization, actually *caused* a lot of tragedy-of-the-commons issues; see wastewater, climate change, labor exploitation, inflation, shortages, wealth distribution and all the corresponding collateral damage (non-exhausti…

Fed Minutes: Lower Inflation Needed to Support Rate Cuts | Associated Press
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/inflation-jobs-fed/2026/02/18/id/1246578/

Borrowing costs are surging amid Iran war (Neil Irwin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/27/iran-war-treasury-inflation-rate-cuts
http://www.memeorandum.com/260327/p128#a260327p128

Inflation im Griff? - Eibinger-Miedl kündigt nachhaltige Wende an #News #Nachrichten

Stop Grocery Gouging
https://act.lewisforleader.ca/stop-grocery-profiteering
Three grocery giants—Loblaws, Sobeys, and Metro—control our food system. They're price-fixing and colluding to keep prices sky-high, even as inflation comes down. The government needs to…

Stop Grocery Gouging - Lewis for Leader - National
Butter for $10. That's not inflation, that's profiteering. Three grocery giants—Loblaws, Sobeys, and Metro—control our food system. They're price-fixing and colluding to keep prices sky-high, even as inflation comes down. Meanwhile, Galen Weston, the owner of Loblaws, is worth $18 billion. This is market failure. When the market fails to deliver the necessities of a dignified life at prices people can afford, the government needs to step up. We need a public option for food and grocerie…

The Iran War Has Diesel Prices Soaring, and Consumers Could Pay the Price (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/business/diesel-prices-inflation-consumer-prices.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260327/p137#a260327p137

Idly wondering if this time, the media will clearly identify "fossilflation" as the reason for higher prices for everything as we discussed with @… back in Ep. 221 in 2024 https://

[Episode #221] – Fossilflation | The Energy Transition Show
What causes inflation? And how is it connected to the energy transition?

The short-term economic expectations of consumers plunged 14%,
though long-term expectations saw less sharp declines.
“These patterns suggest that, at this time, consumers may not expect recent negative developments to persist far into the future,”
Joanne Hsu, the director of the Surveys of Consumers, said in a statement.
“These views are subject to change, however, if the Iran conflict becomes protracted or if higher energy prices pass through to overall inflation.”…

Urea fertiliser prices have jumped 30 percent since the Trump administration began bombing Iran.
Meanwhile, spot prices of helium (for the semiconductor industry) have doubled since the war began.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/14/hormuz-inflat…

Americans had paid 96% of the cost of Trump's tariffs while foreign exporters absorbed just 4%.
✅ A Study Just Found The Average Cost Americans Paid For Trump's Tariffs In 2025, And It's Expected To Get Worse
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/tariff-co…

Study Reveals Rising Costs of Trump's Tariff Policy
"The only thing Made in America here is the inflation."

The U.S. Economy Is Insulated From High Oil Prices.
-- Americans Aren’t.
The overall economy has proved resilient in recent years,
even as many households have struggled.
The war with Iran is following the same pattern.
https://www.

The U.S. Economy Is Insulated From High Oil Prices. Americans Aren’t.
The overall economy has proved resilient in recent years, even as many households have struggled. The war with Iran is following the same pattern.

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
🧵 👇
RUSSIA FREE FALL 2026: SHARPEST INFLATION SPIKE, COMPANIES DEFAULT Vlog 1289: War in #Ukraine
#Russia experiences the sha…

from my link log —
How did TVs get so cheap?
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-did-tvs-get-so-cheap
saved 2026-01-08 https://…

How Did TVs Get So Cheap?
You’ve probably seen this famous graph that breaks out various categories of inflation, showing labor-intensive services getting more expensive during the 21st century and manufactured goods getting less expensive.

Regierung erfreut - Inflation erreicht endlich wieder normales Niveau #News #Nachrichten

Republicans at Risk of Losing Latino Support Ahead of Midterms (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-24/poll-shows-economy-inflation-top-hispanics-concerns-in-risk-for-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260324/p61#a260324p61

Was mich auch verwundert: Warum haben so viele Deutsche vom Staat die Vorstellung, dass er eine Vollkaskoversicherung sei?
Warum flüchten so viele Menschen aus der Eigenverantwortung?
Warum kapieren so viele nicht, dass relativ unwirksame Stützungen des Spritpreises noch höhere Inflation schaffen, noch höher Staatschulden und ihnen das letztlich selbst auf die Füße fällt - mehrfach.
Warum können die Leute nicht über ihre augenblickliche Befindlichkeit hinaus denken?

The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for the second time this year,
a widely expected move amid turmoil in the Middle East and rising energy prices.
Fed officials faced a confluence of issues to consider in their meeting this week:
soaring oil and gas prices,
fluctuating inflation that still remains above the Fed’s target of 2%,
and a weakened job market that unexpectedly saw 92,000 losses last month.
All but one of the 12 voting members of th…

The Fed Keeps Getting Hit With New Shocks in Its Yearslong Inflation Fight (Nick Timiraos/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/federal-reserve-inflation-iran-war-678d83ca
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p29#a260317p29

The UK raises the TV license fee, the BBC's main funding source, from £174.50 to £180 a year from April 1, saying it gives the BBC a "stable financial footing" (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/06/bbc-licence-fee-to-rise-…

Cooling Inflation Doesn't Mean Tariffs Were Harmless (Jonathan Levin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-16/cooling-inflation-doesn-t-mean-tariffs-were-harmless
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p37#a260116p37

'The stakes are enormous': how a prolonged Iran war could shock the global economy (Richard Partington/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/22/iran-war-global-economy-donald-trump-oil-prices-inflation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260322/p17#a260322p17

Inflation in fractional Newtonian cosmology
S. M. M. Rasouli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04712 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.04712

Iran-Krieg und Co. - Sparzinsen in Krisenzeiten: Wohin die Reise geht #News #Nachrichten

Get Ready for Double Whammy of US Jobs and Inflation - Bloomberg
https://archive.ph/JTuw9

Fact-check: Trump's Latest Claims on Jobs, Inflation and Crime (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/us/politics/trump-economy-fact-check.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260223/p14#a260223p14

Gode nyheder fra morgenstunden. #DKSamf #DKEnergi #forbrug #inflation

El-regningen styrtdykker: Giver danskerne flere penge mellem hænderne
Afgiftslettelser tager toppen af priserne og får inflationen til at styrtdykke.

It's not just oil. Here comes Hormuz inflation. (Scott Waldman/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/14/hormuz-inflation-helium-fertilizer-00828680
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p14#a260314p14

Unerwartete Milliarden - Wie die Regierung bei Inflation und Budget trickst #News #Nachrichten …

Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices (Christopher Rugaber/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-federal-reserve-gas-35abd24fd14edcfa5da52dcc6c2ee860
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p29#a260313p29

Live Updates: Inflation Steady as Fed Considers Rate Path (Lydia DePillis/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/13/business/inflation-report-cpi
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p48#a260113p48

Change in Data Sources Led to Lower Inflation Reading (Ben Casselman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/economy/inflation-cpi-pce-methodology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S1A.b-6S.rhZfhHrqCiYa&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p107#a260313p107

Fourth-quarter GDP revised down to just 0.7% growth; January core inflation was 3.1% (Jeff Cox/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/13/fourth-quarter-gdp-revised-down-to-just-0point7percent-growth-january-core-inflation-was-3point1percent.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p19#a260313p19

Wieder 2,2 Prozent - Letztes Durchatmen vor nächstem Inflationssprung #News #Nachrichten

Ex-Fed chairs condemn Trump’s bid to weaken central bank’s independence
Statement signed by 13 former senior officials condemns ‘unprecedented’ assault on Fed’s independence

Trump’s attempts to influence Fed risk ‘70’s-style inflation and global backlash’

Nils Pratley: US bond markets should be in revolt. Fed independence matters

Reheating after Starobinsky Inflation in the Jordan Frame
Gl\'auber C. Dorsch, Luiz Carlos Miranda, Nelson Yokomizo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04497 https://

'What is he doing?': New threats emerge for Trump's economy as war drags on (Sam Sutton/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/threats-trump-economy-iran-war-inflation-fed-00833425
http://www.memeorandum.com/260319/p11#a260319p11

Did someone in Washington D.C. say "Drug prices are coming down by 150%, 200%, 400%, even 600%"? 🤔
#USA #inflation #prices #phrama #sarcasm

New economic projections signal a tricky Federal Reserve path (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/17/fed-iran-war-economy-inflation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260318/p19#a260318p19

Fog of war clouds global rate cut outlook (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/18/iran-central-banks-energy-inflation-fed-ecb-boe-outlook-00833322
http://www.memeorandum.com/260318/p22#a260318p22

The Economy May Have Stuck the Soft Landing. Nobody Wants to Jinx It. (Nick Timiraos/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/federal-reserve-soft-landing-inflation-5dd00d29
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p16#a260215p16

Time and again in the communist bloc, economic reformers from Moscow to Pyongyang planned to introduce rationality and markets into planning.
They often thought they had won the argument,
-- and not just among dissidents in labor camps but at the highest levels of their Politburos.
Yet almost every time, their proposed reforms were either whittled down to nothing before implementation, or passed and then reversed after a few months or years.
Why?
These reformers …

Why communist reformers always lost
Communism had reforming optimists too. Their failure can help today’s reformers to avoid the same fate.

Non-minimally coupled loop quantum inflation with inverse-volume corrections
Rudranil Roy, Giovanni Otalora, Joel Saavedra, Salvatore Capozziello
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04182

What Voters Told Democrats About ICE, Costs and Which Party Is 'Judgy' (Katie Glueck/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/ice-immigration-inflation-democrats-voter-feedback.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260114/p161#a260114p161

Top Fed Official, Wary of Inflation, Calls for Extended Rate Pause (Colby Smith/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/business/fed-hammack-inflation-interest-rates.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlA.fB5l.8-76KAebNVTQ&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p51#a260304p51

Grocery prices see biggest spike since 2022 in December (Courtenay Brown/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/13/inflation-cpi-grocery-prices
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p170#a260113p170

Markt statt Politik - Wifo-Chef bremst Inflations-Jubel der Regierung #News #Nachrichten

Fears of a food shock rise as midterms loom (Nathan Bomey/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/13/iran-war-food-inflation-trump-midterms
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p96#a260313p96

What the Iran Strikes Could Mean for U.S. Inflation (Harriet Torry/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/what-the-iran-strikes-could-mean-for-u-s-inflation-1198fcb3?st=pZzTxv&mod=flipboard&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p73#a260303p73

The Affordability Problem in One Chart (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/economy-affordability-prices-inflation-real-wages-donald-trump-8465f37b
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p152#a260113p152

Food Prices Were Stubbornly High Last Year (Madeleine Ngo/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/business/economy/inflation-cpi-report-food-prices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.3tSL.ABvSG-z6ZGg6&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p155#a260113p155

Trump to America: Thank Me for Your Gas Bill (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-to-america-thank-me-for-your-gas-bill-poil-prices-tariffs-iran-war-inflation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p41#a260313p41

Ein Jahr Regierung - Koalition: Viel Harmonie, ein paar pinke Spitzen #News #Nachrichten

FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different story (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-inflation-tariffs-gdp-fact-check-fc415e879519f14ea5219f00a97994f4
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p67#a260206p67

Annual inflation hit 2.7 percent in December as food costs rose (Sylvan Lane/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/business/5685932-consumer-price-index-december/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p49#a260113p49