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Inflation Cools More Than Expected, No Signs of Tariff Pressure
Consumer prices rose less than expected in September, government data showed Friday, clearing the path for further rate cuts from the Federal Reserve and suggesting that tariffs are not weighing on household budgets.
The consumer price index increased 0.3 percent last month, down from the 0.4 percent in August. Economists had forecast a 0.4 percent increase.
Compared with a year ago, consumer prices are up 3.0 percent, slightly below the 3.1 percent forecast.
Core prices, a metric that excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.2 percent, below the estimate for 0.3 percent. Over the past 12 months, core prices are up 3.0 percent.
Food inflation, which soared in August, cooled in September. The index for grocery prices climbed 0.3 percent over the month, down from the 0.6 percent increase in August. Compared with a year ago, grocery prices are up 2.7 percent. The prices for dining out rose just 0.1 percent, a slowdown from the 0.3 percent increase in August. Compared with a year ago, restaurant prices are up 3.7 percent.
Energy prices were a major source of inflation in the month, rising 1.5 percent in September and 2.8 percent from a year ago. Gasoline prices climbed 4.1 percent in September but are down 0.5 percent from a year ago.
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Consumer prices rose less than expected in September, government data showed Friday, clearing the path for further rate cuts from the Federal Reserve and suggesting that tariffs are not weighing on household budgets.
The consumer price index increased 0.3 percent last month, down from the 0.4 percent in August. Economists had forecast a 0.4 percent increase.
Compared with a year ago, consumer prices are up 3.0 percent, slightly below the 3.1 percent forecast.
Core prices, a metric that excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.2 percent, below the estimate for 0.3 percent. Over the past 12 months, core prices are up 3.0 percent.
Food inflation, which soared in August, cooled in September. The index for grocery prices climbed 0.3 percent over the month, down from the 0.6 percent increase in August. Compared with a year ago, grocery prices are up 2.7 percent. The prices for dining out rose just 0.1 percent, a slowdown from the 0.3 percent increase in August. Compared with a year ago, restaurant prices are up 3.7 percent.
Energy prices were a major source of inflation in the month, rising 1.5 percent in September and 2.8 percent from a year ago. Gasoline prices climbed 4.1 percent in September but are down 0.5 percent from a year ago.
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Core CPI is 3.0% YoY and that doesn’t include food or Energy. My grocery and electric bill aren’t going down, are yours?
So real inflation as always is higher than 3%
Remember nothing went down, it’s a matter of how much it goes up each month and it accumulates.
Inflation is not “tamed” though it is interesting we’re not seeing more from tariffs. (Well we are on certain products but not huge on core CPI included goods) Someone is eating them. The smart guys say that sellers are adding small incremental increases each month so as to hide it from those with short memory’s, and to retain customers until they see if Trump changes his mind, which he’s done repeatedly. Tough call for sellers as they try to out guess what he’ll do next.
The music will stop eventually. Tariffs are paid by the importer or business here in the US , not foreign entities selling stuff to us. It’s a matter of when and how much they pass along and how much they eat.
The Communists (the left are Communists, make no mistake) killed my business, destroyed the economy, and fucked the social fabric of this country and the rest of the West on absolute purpose, tried to get my wife fired for refusing their poison injections, and all the while telling me that people who look like me are the reason for all evil in the world. They did this for one reason: To get rid of President Trump.
They call me "Nazi," as if any fucking one of them know "Nazis" were SOCIALISTS (it's in the name, stupid), just a slightly different flavor of socialist from them. Also, if there are any actual Nazis left, they're on the Joe Biden pudding pop diet in a Brazilian nursing home somewhere. The leftists equating themselves to World War II GIs fighting Nazis is deeply sick. My damn grandfathers were not Antifa, they'd be shooting Antifa in the fucking face.
I'm as interested in having a 'conversation' with any of the left as I am in having a nice long swim in the Ganges River.
President Trump isn't perfect. But he's the first person who's done one damn thing to pump the brakes on this express train to socialist hell.
Fuck the left, fuck anyone who supports them, fuck anyone who makes excuses for them, and most especially fuck anyone who thinks we have a single thing left to talk to them about.
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They call me "Nazi," as if any fucking one of them know "Nazis" were SOCIALISTS (it's in the name, stupid), just a slightly different flavor of socialist from them. Also, if there are any actual Nazis left, they're on the Joe Biden pudding pop diet in a Brazilian nursing home somewhere. The leftists equating themselves to World War II GIs fighting Nazis is deeply sick. My damn grandfathers were not Antifa, they'd be shooting Antifa in the fucking face.
I'm as interested in having a 'conversation' with any of the left as I am in having a nice long swim in the Ganges River.
President Trump isn't perfect. But he's the first person who's done one damn thing to pump the brakes on this express train to socialist hell.
Fuck the left, fuck anyone who supports them, fuck anyone who makes excuses for them, and most especially fuck anyone who thinks we have a single thing left to talk to them about.
...strong message follows
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Canada imposed tariffs many times before Donald Trump ever became president (that is, before 2017). Tariffs were actually one of the core tools of Canadian economic policy for over a century. Here’s a breakdown by era:
- Pre-Confederation (Before 1867):
The individual colonies (like the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick) used import duties to raise revenue for government operations. These were early forms of tariffs. - The National Policy (1879):
Under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada adopted one of its most famous tariff systems.- Goal: Protect young Canadian industries (especially manufacturing) from cheaper U.S. imports.
- Approach: High tariffs on manufactured goods and some raw materials to encourage domestic production.
- This was explicitly protectionist — similar in spirit to U.S. tariffs of that time.
- 1911 Reciprocity Election:
The Liberal government under Wilfrid Laurier proposed freer trade with the U.S. (lower tariffs), but voters rejected it — fearing it would make Canada economically dependent on America.
→ Tariffs stayed in place. - 1930s – The Great Depression:
Prime Minister R.B. Bennett raised tariffs sharply in 1930 to protect Canadian industries amid collapsing global demand.- This mirrored the U.S. Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930).
- Result: Retaliation from trading partners, worsening the depression-era trade slump.
- Post–World War II:
Canada joined the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947, committing to gradually lower tariffs multilaterally.- Still, tariffs persisted in key sectors like textiles, steel, and dairy.
- Tariffs were used selectively for industrial policy or to protect farmers.
- Canada–U.S. Free Trade Agreement (1989):
The Mulroney government phased out most tariffs between the two countries over 10 years. - NAFTA (1994):
Extended tariff elimination to Mexico.
→ However, Canada retained tariffs on products from countries outside these agreements, and still used anti-dumping duties and countervailing tariffs to protect domestic industries.
- Canada continued to impose:
- Safeguard tariffs (temporary duties) to protect local industries from import surges.
- Anti-dumping and countervailing tariffs, especially on steel, machinery, and agricultural goods.
- For example:
- Canada imposed tariffs on certain Chinese steel products (2004–2010) for unfair trade practices.
- It maintained tariffs on dairy, poultry, and eggs under its supply management system — still a cornerstone of agricultural policy.
In summary:Before Trump ever took office, Canada:
- Had over a century of tariff use, both for protection and retaliation.
- Transitioned from high, protectionist tariffs (1879–1940s) → to freer trade (1980s onward).
- Still imposed targeted tariffs against unfair trade or sensitive sectors.
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US deploys Ford carrier strike group to combat narco-terror in Western Hemisphere
US deploys Ford carrier strike group to combat narco-terror in Western Hemisphere
The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is being deployed to continue targeting suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean, the Pentagon said Friday.
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Must be something we can bomb around here...
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also, as soon as Hunter Biden goes to prison for Burisma, I might give a shit about penny-ante stuff like this.
oh, wait; his senile daddy pardoned him. so, looks like i'll never give a shit. Oh well