The “expert” economists and financial media are shocked and out of their minds. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics has released the January inflation data [SEE HERE] and the results are much better than the “experts” expected.
Overall inflation is 2.4% year-over-year, and there are zero indications that tariffs are having any impact on consumer prices [See Apparel].
CORE inflation comes in at 2.5% year-over-year, the lowest number since March 2021. This is like reliving 2018 all over again, when the pundits proclaimed with absolute certainty that Trump’s tariff approach was going to cause inflation; it never happened.
VIA ABC – Inflation cooled in January, dropping price increases to their lowest level in nine months, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed. The lower-than-expected reading defied fears of a tariff-induced hike in overall costs.
Prices rose 2.4% in January compared to a year earlier, according to the Consumer Price Index.
The data arrived days after fresh hiring figures showed stronger-than-expected job growth in January, even though an updated estimate released at the same time indicated a near-paralysis of the labor market last year.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. CNN was just forced to report that President Trump successfully lowered annual inflation to the LOWEST in YEARS
“That’s the lowest annual inflation rate for core since March of 2021 — before the inflation crisis!”
WOW! Going back to Trump Term 1! 🔥🔥
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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 13, 2026
These numbers are a welcome relief from the numbers during the Biden administration. Trump has halved the overall inflation rate and has had a significant effect on energy costs. The savings in energy cost should begin to show up on the grocery store shelves when product starts to come in this year. Food production is heavily dependent on oil and natural gas.