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Annual inflation during Joe Biden’s presidency surged from 1.4% in January 2021 (the month he took office) to a 40‑year peak of about 9.1% in June 2022, then trended downward into the 3% range by mid‑...
Year-by-year CPI inflation numbers by calendar year are reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and summarized in many outlets; available reporting shows inflation peaked near 9.1% in mid‑2022 duri...
The 2026 federal civilian base pay adjustment was set by the White House alternative pay plan: President Trump authorized a 1.0% across‑the‑board base pay increase effective the first pay period on or...
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) typically publishes official federal pay tables in December for the coming year; sources say OPM "usually publishes pay tables ... sometime in December" for 20...
At the moment President Biden left the White House (January 2025), year‑over‑year consumer price inflation (CPI) was about 3.0% — a sharp decline from its mid‑2022 peak but still above the Federal Res...
Available official and media sources show headline U.S. consumer inflation running roughly in the 2.5–3.0% range during President Trump’s second-term months in 2025; the Treasury reported CPI at 3.0% ...
Donald Trump’s first presidential term (2017–2020) coincided with historically low inflation averaging about 1.9%–2.5% depending on the calculation; after he left office inflation surged in 2021–2022 ...
The monthly U.S. inflation series for the Biden presidency (January 2021 through January 2025, per available reporting) shows a sharp rise from 1.4% year‑over‑year in January 2021 to a peak near 9.1% ...
Under President Biden (January 2021–January 2025) consumer prices rose by roughly 19–21 percent depending on the measure cited: the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose about 21...
Annual CPI inflation averaged roughly 4.9–5.0% across Joe Biden’s full four-year term (2021–2024), with a peak near 9.0–9.1% in mid‑2022; the early months of Donald Trump’s second term show inflation ...
The federal Cost‑of‑Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security and SSI was 2.5% for 2025, and the Social Security Administration announced a 2.8% COLA for 2026 that will take effect in January 2026 ...
The annual U.S. inflation rate for the 12 months ending January 2025 was 3.0 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) data and contemporaneous reporting . That ...
The most recent official monthly CPI release available in these sources shows U.S. headline CPI year‑over‑year at 3.0% for the 12 months ending September 2025 (CPI‑U) and core PCE at 2.8% annual in Se...
As of the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics releases cited in available reporting, headline U.S. consumer inflation (CPI) stood at about 3.0% on a 12‑month basis in September 2025; several secondary s...
A straightforward head-to-head is complicated by timing and the pandemic: reporting shows President Joe Biden presided over net job gains far larger than those recorded during Donald Trump’s full term...
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) follows the Social Security Administration’s COLA determination and implements annuity adjustments effective December 1, with the new payment appearing the fir...
Grocery (food-at-home) prices rose 5.0% in 2023, slowed to about 1.2% in 2024, and were forecast and observed to rise again in 2025 in the low-to-mid single digits — ERS reports a 3.3% forecast for fo...
By the most commonly used official measure — the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index year‑over‑year rate for the last month of the Biden presidency — inflation stood at roughly 3.0% in Ja...
Egg prices rose sharply during the Biden years—BLS data show a climb from about $1.60 per dozen in February 2021 to $4.10 in December 2024—and wholesale prices spiked further into early 2025 amid a ma...
Consumer prices rose modestly from 2024 to 2025: U.S. headline CPI shows roughly a 3.0% year‑over‑year increase in multiple monthly snapshots (3.0% for Jan and for the 12 months ending Sep 2025) and t...