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Central banking system of the United States
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...
When President Biden left office in January 2025, the most consistent picture across the available analyses is that , down sharply from its 2022 peak but still above the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal. The...
If other countries stopped buying U.S. Treasuries, Treasury prices would fall and yields would rise, forcing higher borrowing costs in the U.S. and abroad and risking financial-market dislocations; ho...
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...
President Donald Trump delivered an 18–20 minute prime‑time address from the White House on Dec. 17, 2025 that sought to reframe his first year back in office as a string of victories while shifting b...
In his first year (January–November 2025), President Trump pursued a high-volume agenda of executive orders and policy moves, claimed major economic wins such as “671,000 net jobs added since January ...
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...
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...
Inflation during President Biden’s term was driven by a mix of ; monetary policy timing and corporate pricing behavior also mattered. Analysts and policymakers disagree on the relative weight of each ...
Claims that the U.S. central banking system “continues to be controlled by Jewish elites such as the Warburgs and Rothschilds” rest on long‑running conspiracy narratives that name a handful of banking...
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...
Inflation was low through the Obama years (average about 1.46% across his two terms) and spiked during Biden’s presidency—FactCheck reports CPI rose 21.5% across Biden’s four years and peaked around 9...
Jerome Powell’s term as Chair of the Federal Reserve expires in May 2026 (sources consistently cite “May 2026,” with one specifying May 15, 2026) . Multiple outlets report that President Trump is prep...
Annual U.S. inflation eased to about 2.9% at the end of 2024 (December 2024) and early-2025 12‑month measures showed a modest uptick to roughly 3.0% by January 2025, reflecting a tight band around the...
Donald Trump’s record prompts sharply mixed factual claims: economists and policy studies in 2025 link his tariffs and immigration restrictions to slower long‑run GDP and labor shortages, while admini...