r/Economics • u/OtherwiseCanary8971 • 17h ago

News Surging Inflation Complicates Trump’s Final Push to Sell Voters on Strong Economy

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/business/economy/inflation-economy-midterms.html
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u/Paceys_Ghost 17h ago

People got all worked up over the price of eggs because they thought that someone that they didn't like was responsible.

Now, the price of gas, diesel, and everything else keeps getting higher and higher. This time for a lot of people it was caused by someone that they unfortunately do like, so I'm prepared to be disappointed by my fellow Americans again.

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 14h ago

Trump will say the economy is great and they will parrot the lie, while also not being able to afford to fill up their trucks with gas and adding their weekly groceries to their growing credit card debt.