Meanwhile, back at the economy we're staring at multiple profoundly frightening threats to our economic security

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

Inflation is heating up rapidly. Latest monthly increase is 4.4%, over double the Fed's target 2% rate.

Jobs are effectively, non-existent with not enough job openings for those looking for work.

Consumer confidence (the backbone of our economy) is falling like a rock.

The Fed now finds itself in an untenable lose-lose position. Cut rates and you supercharge inflation. Sit tight or raise rates and you slow hiring, cap-ex spending and the economy in general.

Maggot has created an economic climate that is screwed ten ways from Sunday and people are catching on.

We are headed for a very serious economic reckoning and I don't think it's going to be very pretty.

Mycroft · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Inflation is heating up rapidly. Latest monthly increase is 4.4%, over double the Fed's target 2% rate.

This isn't the Biden administration. You should toss whatever source that gave you that number in the trash.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - AUGUST 2025

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in

August, after rising 0.2 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months,

the all items index increased 2.9 percent before seasonal adjustment.

Consumer Price Index News Release - 2025 M08 Results

www.bls.gov

ttwtt78640 · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Inflation is heating up rapidly. Latest monthly increase is 4.4%, over double the Fed's target 2% rate.

Did Chicken Little tell you that?

Shrink726 said:
Jobs are effectively, non-existent with not enough job openings for those looking for work.

Consumer confidence (the backbone of our economy) is falling like a rock.

The Fed now finds itself in an untenable lose-lose position. Cut rates and you supercharge inflation. Sit tight or raise rates and you slow hiring, cap-ex spending and the economy in general.

Maggot has created an economic climate that is screwed ten ways from Sunday and people are catching on.

We are headed for a very serious economic reckoning and I don't think it's going to be very pretty.

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

ttwtt78640 said:
Did Chicken Little tell you that?

"The consumer price index posted a seasonally adjusted 0.4% increase for the month, the biggest gain since January,"

Mycroft · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
"The consumer price index posted a seasonally adjusted 0.4% increase for the month, the biggest gain since January,"

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

Mycroft said:
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Get back to me when you see the spending power of your savings drop 50%.

BTW, what would you suggest the Fed should do. Drop rates 3% like Maggot wants?

ttwtt78640 · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
"The consumer price index posted a seasonally adjusted 0.4% increase for the month, the biggest gain since January,"

That quote (with no source) differs from your OP:

Inflation is heating up rapidly. Latest monthly increase is 4.4%, over double the Fed's target 2% rate.

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

ttwtt78640 said:
That quote (with no source) differs from your OP:

Consumer prices rose at annual rate of 2.9% in August, as weekly jobless claims jump https://share.google/VW1R26QRSH5T0xAAU

0.4% times 12 equals 4.8%

ttwtt78640 · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Consumer prices rose at annual rate of 2.9% in August, as weekly jobless claims jump https://share.google/VW1R26QRSH5T0xAAU

Yep.

The consumer price index posted a seasonally adjusted 0.4% increase for the month, the biggest gain since January, putting the annual inflation rate at 2.9%.

Shrink726 said:
0.4% times 12 equals 4.8%

The annual (12 month) increase isn’t calculated that way (except by you).

Mycroft · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
"The consumer price index posted a seasonally adjusted 0.4% increase for the month, the biggest gain since January,"

Sorry, STILL not that big of a deal. Here are the numbers...from the link I already provided.

Now, if you want to see what alarming numbers look like, check out the numbers for 2021.

2021 CPI and Inflation Rate for the United States - CPI Inflation Calculator (2024 Updated Monthly)

This table shows the monthly All-Items Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) as well as the annual and monthly inflation rates for the United States in 2021. You can find upcoming CPI release dates on our schedule page. These numbers are released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. *The latest CPI will be...

cpiinflationcalculator.com

During that year, the sky was INDEED falling.

For comparison, this is what 2025 looks like so far...

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

ttwtt78640 said:
Yep.

The annual (12 month) increase isn’t calculated that way (except by you).

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That 2.9 is retrospectively. If the monthly rate continues at 0.4% it most certainly will be an annual rate of 4.8%.

NatMorton · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Inflation is heating up rapidly. Latest monthly increase is 4.4%, over double the Fed's target 2% rate.

Jobs are effectively, non-existent with not enough job openings for those looking for work.

Consumer confidence (the backbone of our economy) is falling like a rock.

The Fed now finds itself in an untenable lose-lose position. Cut rates and you supercharge inflation. Sit tight or raise rates and you slow hiring, cap-ex spending and the economy in general.

Maggot has created an economic climate that is screwed ten ways from Sunday and people are catching on.

We are headed for a very serious economic reckoning and I don't think it's going to be very pretty.

Are you concerned things might get as bad as they did under Biden?

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

NatMorton said:
Are you concerned things might get as bad as they did under Biden?

Zzzzzzzz

It's all Biden's/Hillary's/Obama's fault.

NatMorton · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Zzzzzzzz

It's all Biden's/Hillary's/Obama's fault.

No, that was not the point of my question. Care to try again?

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

NatMorton said:
No, that was not the point of my question. Care to try again?

Have no fear. The economic landscape under Maggot will make Biden's economy look like Utopia.

NatMorton · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Have no fear. The economic landscape under Maggot will make Biden's economy look like Utopia.

I too worry about Trump's handling of the economy as his tariff scheme is, IMO, foolish. But the data we've seen thus far isn't nearly as alarming as the reality we faced under Biden. You really should develop some perspective.

Peacenik · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Inflation is heating up rapidly. Latest monthly increase is 4.4%, over double the Fed's target 2% rate.

Jobs are effectively, non-existent with not enough job openings for those looking for work.

Consumer confidence (the backbone of our economy) is falling like a rock.

The Fed now finds itself in an untenable lose-lose position. Cut rates and you supercharge inflation. Sit tight or raise rates and you slow hiring, cap-ex spending and the economy in general.

Maggot has created an economic climate that is screwed ten ways from Sunday and people are catching on.

We are headed for a very serious economic reckoning and I don't think it's going to be very pretty.

How to wreck a sound economy in 8 months:

Trumpstagflation.

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

Peacenik said:
Trumpstagflation.

Yup. There are simply no good options here. What's necessary is for Maggot to stop indescriminately throwing undocumented aliens out of the country and stop all these self-destructive tariffs, admitting he was wrong and misguided on both counts. That's the only way out of this mess and it'll never happen so the economic mess he's created is going to get exponentially worse with Maggot reflexively whining "but it's not my fault" as our economy circles the drain.

Even his supporters will catch on but it'll be too late. It ain't gonna be pretty.

dmpi · Sep 13, 2025

I don't worry about inflation because in absolute terms it's currently low, not ideal but still sustainable at these levels.
I don't worry about jobs because current job losses reflects the low-productive workers who shouldn't have been hired in the first place. These include all of Biden's DEI hires and fake remote workers that don't even exist. Matter of fact, firing them increases productivity.
I don't worry about consumer confidence because it's mostly just whining. If you look at revenue growth at consumer goods companies the economy still looks healthy. The biggest joke is the 'labor shortage' caused by getting rid of all the illegals. 100% political BS. Sorry about the folks that actually started to believe their own lies.
I don't worry about trade/tariffs. The biggest 'sky is falling' and 'much to do about nothing' ever! America has all the consumers, in the end America will benefit and our nasty trade deficit will finally be addressed.
I don't even worry about the dollar because the nature of currencies is that they fluctuate and a weaker dollar actually has many benefits.
I don't worry about the deficit because we finally have a president who has the political will to actually address it.

What I do worry about are possible assets bubbles such as AI & Crypto, even gold. These bubbles when popped have a way of destabilizing the whole economy taking the stock market down with it.

element94 · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Inflation is heating up rapidly. Latest monthly increase is 4.4%, over double the Fed's target 2% rate.

Jobs are effectively, non-existent with not enough job openings for those looking for work.

Consumer confidence (the backbone of our economy) is falling like a rock.

The Fed now finds itself in an untenable lose-lose position. Cut rates and you supercharge inflation. Sit tight or raise rates and you slow hiring, cap-ex spending and the economy in general.

Maggot has created an economic climate that is screwed ten ways from Sunday and people are catching on.

We are headed for a very serious economic reckoning and I don't think it's going to be very pretty.

MAGAidiot is one dumbass "businessman". He seems to be having a bad case of disintegrating slug-brain.

uptower · Sep 13, 2025

Moderate Right · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Inflation is heating up rapidly. Latest monthly increase is 4.4%, over double the Fed's target 2% rate.

Jobs are effectively, non-existent with not enough job openings for those looking for work.

Consumer confidence (the backbone of our economy) is falling like a rock.

The Fed now finds itself in an untenable lose-lose position. Cut rates and you supercharge inflation. Sit tight or raise rates and you slow hiring, cap-ex spending and the economy in general.

Maggot has created an economic climate that is screwed ten ways from Sunday and people are catching on.

We are headed for a very serious economic reckoning and I don't think it's going to be very pretty.

LOL. Inflation ticked up, still far below democrat's 9%. Jobs are down because we're getting rid of the fed bureaucracy. Consumer confidence is not "falling like a rock". Cutting rates by 25 basis points is NOT going to "supercharge inflation". It might tick up a little more. We are headed for a very serious economic reckoning because the bull market has gone on far longer than it ever has in history. Stocks will take a major hit, probably soon, but, in the past, you guys have always said, "Who cares about the rich people in the stock market"?

ttwtt78640 · Sep 13, 2025

Shrink726 said:
Yup. There are simply no good options here. What's necessary is for Maggot to stop indescriminately throwing undocumented aliens out of the country and stop all these self-destructive tariffs, admitting he was wrong and misguided on both counts. That's the only way out of this mess and it'll never happen so the economic mess he's created is going to get exponentially worse with Maggot reflexively whining "but it's not my fault" as our economy circles the drain.

Even his supporters will catch on but it'll be too late. It ain't gonna be pretty.

Allowing US employers to use (abuse?) illegal alien labor and to continue to offshore production to nations with lower labor and/or regulatory compliance costs wasn’t going well. I’m not saying that Trump’s MAGA plans are working as well as he had hoped, but the electorate seemed to think it was a better plan than the ~~Biden/Harris~~ Harris/Walz plan.

Shrink726 · Sep 13, 2025

Moderate Right said:
LOL. Inflation ticked up, still far below democrat's 9%. Jobs are down because we're getting rid of the fed bureaucracy. Consumer confidence is not "falling like a rock". Cutting rates by 25 basis points is NOT going to "supercharge inflation". It might tick up a little more. We are headed for a very serious economic reckoning because the bull market has gone on far longer than it ever has in history. Stocks will take a major hit, probably soon, but, in the past, you guys have always said, "Who cares about the rich people in the stock market"?

The 9% rise was exclusively an artifact of covid.
Yes a 25 basis point cut might be OK but Maggot wants it cut by 300 basis points.

Agree 100% about the market. It keeps going up based on fumes. It's long overdue for a serious correction.

BabaVoss · Sep 13, 2025

NatMorton said:
Are you concerned things might get as bad as they did under Biden?

The inflation that occurred under Biden was GLOBAL. Remember that pesky pandemic?
The inflation occurring under Trump is not, it is due directly to policy and an intentional trade war.
This was predictable and predicted. The insane Trump Tariff Taxes are causing an economic upheaval.
One that is entirely of Trump's making.

Meanwhile, back at the economy we're staring at multiple profoundly frightening threats to our economic security

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