Well, howdy there, Internet people. It's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about why you shouldn't believe Trump's inflation claims and PPI.

After the news came out, the CPI or Consumer Price Index, surged to an annual rate of 4.2%, which is more than double target.

The administration latched on to a talking point.

Inflation will drop like a rock as soon as the war ends.

Trump even went as far as to say, quote,

No, I love it. The numbers were great. You know what I really

love? I love the inflation. Speaker Johnson indicated it was because Trump wants something to compare

future falling inflation rates to. I mean, okay.

I'm glad Trump found a hobby of watching lines go up and down.

But the numbers he apparently wants to play with reflect an actual strain on working-class Americans' finances.

Also, no, he's wrong.

It's unlikely to drop like a rock, as we've previously pointed out.

But beyond that, the political rhetoric doesn't line up with the new data. See, the CPI is the

inflation we, the consumer see at the store. Before that goes up, the PPI goes up. That's the

producer price index. That's the inflation companies see, and they see it first. Well, Trump is out

there promising that the inflation we see is going to drop like a rock. The data clearly

shows that producer inflation is still surging ahead. The latest numbers show that annual

producer inflation has hit 6.5%. The companies aren't going to eat that. It'll be passed on to you. That 6.5% is a big number,

and when you get into it a little deeper, it doesn't get better. There was a 2.8% surge in final

demand goods prices. That's the biggest increase on record. What might be more of a concern

is that it's more than expected. The estimates showed it coming in just a bit lower. And that means

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