Inflation is Rising. Will get Worse.

Fox Business: The spike in the producer price level of inflation is "troubling" pic.twitter.com/2FYq0tkJo0

— Media Matters (@mmfa) August 14, 2025

HOLY CRAP!

This is Really bad for Inflation:

The US PPI numbers are out and they're MUCH higher than expected! Headline PPI YoY: 3.3% (exp 2.5%, prev 2.3%).

Now let me explain why this is so terrible for inflation.

PPI = Producer Price Index. It's basically the wholesale… pic.twitter.com/82tinn8qnz

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) August 14, 2025

US wholesale inflation rose much more than expected in July, with prices rising at the fastest monthly pace in three years.https://t.co/uevS1Rg7St

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 14, 2025

Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected https://t.co/Ehx6HRejLq

— CNBC (@CNBC) August 14, 2025

Trump’s trade wars are wrecking the economy

GOP Congressman Don Bacon: We're an export state, and our corn and soybeans are being shut out of the market. Nebraska is on its heels right now. We've lost about 6% of our GDP due to Trump’s tariffspic.twitter.com/PC08mMA3Id

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 13, 2025

US wholesale prices jump 3.3% as Trump tariffs hit economy https://t.co/Y4mIjzDias

— Financial Times (@FT) August 14, 2025

Host: Headline PPI number is whoppingly big. Oh my goodness. Up 0.9%. And if you strip out food and energy guess what? It's still up 0.9%. Now let's look at ex-food, energy and trade; triple the expectations. Every single metric is higher than expected pic.twitter.com/6hNTJJkc5D

— FactPost (@factpostnews) August 14, 2025