Middle Eastern oil producers are producing less oil because they can’t ship as much due to the war.
Middle Eastern oil producers are producing less oil because they can’t ship as much due to the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8MqBuaD5Xw
Tag: inflation
“A Huge Problem for Everybody” | Paul Krugman on China, the Dollar, A.I., & More
“The Dollar Might Be Replaced by Nothing” | Paul Krugman on De-Dollarization, China, A.I., & More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvEymKUcM_Q
The Real Reason Beef Costs More: Fewer Cows, Not Corporate Greed
“It’s not corporate greed that’s driving up the price of beef at the grocery store; it’s the fact that it’s now much more expensive for meat-packers to buy beef from farms. This isn’t due to cattle farmers colluding to raise prices. There are simply fewer cows.
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This decrease is attributable to a combination of weather, disease, and reduced imports. Some factors include persistent drought on American pasture lands and the U.S. halting Mexican cattle imports in July 2025 to stave off the New World screwworm”
https://reason.com/2026/01/28/the-real-reason-beef-costs-more-fewer-cows-not-corporate-greed/
Trump’s 25% Iran Tariffs Explained | Prof G Markets
Inflation is still at 3%. The goal is 2%. The official numbers are 2.7%, but they just assume steady prices on objects they don’t have data on due to the government shutdown. Other experts who don’t just assume steady prices, estimate three percent.
If Trump successfully abuses the rule of law and uses lawfare to gain control over the Fed, inflation will likely go higher.
Before Trump’s new tariffs, inflation was getting close to 2%.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmJ-CTeQQt4
Why Everything Is More Expensive | David Dayen | TMR
Private electricity companies are supposed to have their prices managed by governments because they form natural monopolies, but they make tons of money because they capture the government and screw over the electricity user.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfRKOlqRG8s
The Affordability Con Job
“Affordability “doesn’t mean anything to anybody,” said President Donald Trump during a Tuesday Cabinet meeting at the White House, saying it’s a “fake narrative” and “con job” that Democrats manufactured to hoodwink the public.
“They just say the word,” Trump added. “It doesn’t mean anything to anybody. They just say it—affordability. I inherited the worst inflation in history. There was no affordability. Nobody could afford anything.”
In classic Trump fashion, this is an about-face. Just a few days prior, he declared on Truth Social, “I AM THE AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT” when touting falling drug prices.”
“The word affordability is a Democrat scam,” he said. “They say it, and then they go on to the next subject. And everyone thinks, ‘Oh, they had lower prices.'”
https://reason.com/2025/12/03/the-affordability-con-job/
How Trump’s Tariffs Are Everywhere and Nowhere | Trumponomics
Estimates on who is paying for tariffs so far break down like this: 4% paid for by foreigners; 70% paid for by importing companies; 26% paid for by American consumers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlTy5KVbnCE
‘Only so long’ before Trump’s tariff costs hit consumers, businesses warn
“Retail giants have proven more adept than expected at cushioning the blow of President Donald Trump’s steep tariff hikes over the spring and summer, keeping prices for consumer goods from surging this year by as much as many economists anticipated. But business executives and corporate analysts are warning they can’t do that forever.
“In the first half of next year, we are concerned that consumers are going to start to see the price increases become a little more broad based, and there may not be all the [holiday sales] promotion to help clear through some of that,” Joseph Feldman, a senior managing director at Telsey Advisory Group, who focuses on the retail sector, said in an interview. “So that could be a little bit of a sticker shock for some people.”
That could come as soon as January, according to economists, as holiday discounts come to a close and retailers run low on inventory they secured at pre-tariff prices.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/trumps-tariff-costs-consumers-00679261
The Sindex: Price of Audio Equipment Rises 12 Percent Under Trump Tariffs
“While annual inflation through August 2025 came in at 2.9 percent, the price of audio equipment like new speakers had risen 12.2 percent. “They’re some of the few electronics not exempt from tariffs (most smartphones/computers are still tariff-free),””
https://reason.com/2025/11/20/the-sindex-speak-up/
“The real problem isn’t deficits, It’s Neoliberalism“ Top Economist warns
The real problem isn’t deficits, It’s Neoliberalism“ Top Economist warns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ2puKiKBdE