[Pain] HUGE, self-inflicted Recession incoming due to Trump/Musk

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Because October data was missing, monthly changes in inflation could not be calculated for the majority of the categories that make up the CPI.

“That was one flawed report,” Joe Brusuelas, said RSM US’ chief economist, noting that the underlying data was not well aligned with
the top line. “Due to the government shutdown, the BLS did not have the resources or the time to conduct a complete report.”

For example, Brusuelas said that price changes for rents and owners’ equivalent rent (an estimation of the rental value of owner-occupied homes) were in the vicinity of zero during the month.

“That just doesn’t look or feel right,” he said. “That just doesn’t pass the smell test.”

The economist quipped: “Take the Nov CPI 2025 CPI report with the entire salt shaker.”

 

Trust these numbers?
Economists see a lot of flaws in delayed CPI report showing downward inflation

The November data release Thursday was delayed by 8 days because of the U.S. government shutdown,
but more importantly, the October data was canceled, leaving it to the BLS to make certain
methodological assumptions about the prior month’s inflation levels.

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It's a sham report, but lapdogs like Traitor Gorge believe it.

 

Trump has been very effective in reducing the inflation rate. Sorry libs!




GOOD DAY

 

Equity investors believed the numbers -- market was up big. Obama was the first to start cooking the books on employment figures. Trump has restored integrity to the process. Sorry, were you hoping for higher inflation? I'm rooting for prosperity for the American people. And Trump is delivering.



GOOD DAY

 

As former Fed economist and UBS investment banker Alan Detmeister summed it up: “I think you largely just put this one to the side.” Some of the biggest red flags:

• November prices weren’t collected until the end of the month, meaning the information was likely heavily influenced by holiday discounts.
• Multiple economists raised their eyebrows at the shelter categories (which make up roughly 35% of CPI) being logged as nearly flat over the last two months. Detmeister noted that it appears the BLS set October’s change to zero, which would artificially lower the inflation reading.

 

Arc de Trump” is that narcissist's top domestic priority.

Let there be statues, buildings, coins, and gold cards with my name on them. I'm the best! The greatest! I'm doing it all for you.

Like I said, he wants everything with his name on it, and the bigger and grander the better. That's his focus. Everything named for him.

 

Maybe the number's cooked a bit, maybe not. While I hope it's true, it doesn't really match one's experience at the grocery store these days.

At any rate, good to look at several years of context. DT returned to his throne in late January of this year.