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Inflation

US Inflation at 2.9% – Inflation not in Transit

The latest PCE inflation data for December 2025 once again confirms inflation is not collapsing the way politicians and central banks keep suggesting. The Federal...

Chipotle Seeks Wealthier Customer Base

Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright publicly admitting that the company is now aiming its marketing and pricing toward households earning over $100,000 a year is a...

Cost of Living Rising Faster in Blue Cities

Cycles are often systemic, predictable, and, as I have long argued, often the result of policy distortions interacting with underlying structural forces. The latest...

December’s CPI Report – USA

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for December 2025 has been released, and although it may appear uneventful on the surface, it confirms the broader trend....

NY Fed President Believes CPI Data was “Distorted”

NY Fed’s John Williams believes the CPI data was distorted downward. Williams stated that the economic data blackout caused by the government shutdown caused CPI...

Post-Pandemic Inflation in Canada

Inflation in Canada rose to 2.4% this September, as reported by Statistics Canada. Excluding gas, the rate sits at 2.6%. Volatile prices among all essentials, from...

August CPI – USA

Consumer prices are up 2.9% in August on an annual basis after rising 2.7% in July. CPI doubled from July’s reading at 0.4%, with inflation now sitting at 2.9%....

Statistics Canada for July

The headlines in Canada celebrate that inflation has fallen to 1.7% in July, but as in America, the people are not experiencing a notable downturn in prices....

The Top Culprit of US Household Financial Stress

(Image explained in previous post — grocery inflation spiked years ago and has not relented) An AP-NORC poll questioned Americans about their main cause of...

July’s CPI Report for the US

The consumer price index (CPI) remained relatively steady at 2.7% in July on an annual basis, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly report, beating...