Well, howdy there, internet people, it spell again. So today, we're going to talk about

Trump's economy breaking down and the Fed's dilemma. There's an old concept that says you

should give your enemies dilemmas, not problems. Problems have a clear solution. Dilemmas present an array of options and sometimes

those are contradictory. The Trump economy has officially presented the Fed with a dilemma.

We'll get to see the route they choose in just a few days and it will have big impacts for

everybody in the country. Okay, let's go over the

numbers that create the dilemma. First, inflation. The consumer price index rose 2.9% year over year.

Core CPI is 3.1%. What's that mean to normal people, right? It means when compared to

last year, coffee is up 21.7%. Uncooked steaks are up 16.6%. Eggs are up 10.9. Apples, 9.6.

Even canned fruit is up 4.3.

Getting your car fixed?

Well, motor vehicle repair is up 15%.

What's worse is that the economists who said this would happen are saying it's nowhere near over.

Mark Zandi, who is the chief economist at Moody's, said, quote,

Inflation is uncomfortably high, and it's accelerating.

I think we should expect a further acceleration in inflation over the next six to 12 months.

Okay, that's one half of the dilemma.

What's the other half?

The Labor Department reported a surprising increase in weekly unemployment compensation filings.

It shot up to a seasonally adjusted 263,000. What's that mean?

The last time we saw numbers that high was October of 2021. Okay, so the dilemma for the Fed is simple

to understand. Their mandate is to keep prices stable, fight

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