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US Inflation Suddenly Collapses In ‘Lucky’ Break For Trump
I don't know what we're supposed to make of Thursday's inflation report from Donald Trump's BLS.
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Pieces of various US economic data moving towards the “fake news” Chinese methodology with each passing day….
I don’t know about other folks but my premium for next year’s LTC coverage has already been announced and it’s up 25%.
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MARK IT ZERO!
Is there private inflation data to which investors may start paying more attention, similar to ADP for jobs?
Our concierge doctor’s yearly price jumped 20%. Can’t count that, I bet.
“November 2025 indexes were calculated by comparing November 2025 prices with October 2025 prices. BLS could not collect October 2025 reference period survey data, so survey data were carried forward to October 2025 from September 2025 in accordance with normal procedures. ” https://www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/2025-federal-government-shutdown-impact-cpi.htm
If core inflation MOM indeed suddenly decelerated to avg 0.08%/mo, it seems to me that may actually not be “good news”.
Here’s more: https://heisenbergreport.com/2025/12/18/bls-credibility-deficit-worsens-as-cpi-math-panned/