#inflation

#inflation

“While prices are rising faster than comfortable, incomes are not, putting consumers in an uncomfortable spot,” NerdWallet senior economist Elizabeth Renter wrote. “Rising prices, sluggish income and economic uncertainty could set the stage for a broader pullback in consumer spending and therefore economic growth,” Renter added.

Iranians are seeing the price of meat, and other basics, escalate due to the US blockade and sanctions. Eid al-Adha, one of the most important dates in the Islamic calendar, comes at a critical time for Iranians this year. Meat from sacrificed animals is often eaten at Iranian tables, but a blockade on Iranian ports and sanctions by the US has led to escalating costs across the country.

Obviously, President Trump's two moves ahead of his critics as always, nothing short of aspiration for peace in the Middle East. I mean, who on a Saturday afternoon over a holiday weekend can pull together all the world leaders from the Gulf State allies but also Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey get 'em all in a phone call, and paint a vision, which again, is peace and prosperity in the Middle East, which some people thought never could be achieved. But he's put all the conditions in place for this to come together, and this is gonna be great for not just for the United States but for the world economy and for peace and prosperity around the world.

A satirical political movement called the Cockroach Janta Party' has gone viral in India after Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed youth to cockroaches.

"Climate scientists think this could be the hottest summer on record or at least close to it," says Mark Wolfe, who heads the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA). "So families need to use more of an increasingly expensive product to stay cool this summer. And that's going to be tough." NEADA is projecting that electricity bills will be 8.5% higher this summer than last, on average, with residents in some Southern states seeing even bigger increases.

Fishermen Feeding Mainers began in late 2020 and raises money to buy locally caught fish, process it and donate the frozen fillets to schools and food banks in Maine. So far, it has spent more than $4 million on the purchasing and processing of about 1.3 million pounds of locally caught fish.

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The Trump administration on Thursday loosened federal rules that require grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, a step President Donald Trump said would help lower grocery costs. Trump, at a White House ceremony, said the action by the Environmental Protection Agency would "substantially lower costs for consumers" by delaying costly restrictions that limit the type of refrigerants U.S. businesses and families can use.

Scotland announcing that it wants to cap the prices of essential items like bread, milk and eggs at a state-enforced low price. “People are struggling to buy an adequate shop to support their families,” John Swinney, the First Minister of the devolved nation, told cheering activists.

Capriole Investments highlighted a pattern that has held across decades of market data, i.e., when inflation crosses as high as it has today, the broad market has declined by an average of 30% over the following one to 24 months. Two of the most severe crashes on record occurred within this exact inflation regime, namely the dot-com collapse that erased 47% of market value between 2000 and 2002, and the 2008 financial crisis that took markets down by 55%.

Bolivia faces its worst economic crisis in 40 years, fueling nationwide protests demanding the president's resignation. Antigovernment protests have escalated across Bolivia, with thousands of people demanding the resignation of centre-right President Rodrigo Paz as road blockades leave the administrative capital, La Paz, short of food, fuel and medicine.