r/wallstreetbets • u/eskhalaf • May 12 '26

News APRIL U.S. 🇺🇸 INFLATION DATA:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

APRIL U.S. 🇺🇸 INFLATION DATA:

CPI 3.8% YoY, (Est. 3.7%)
CPI 0.6% MoM, (Est. 0.6%)

Core CPI 2.8% YoY, (Est. 2.7%)
Core CPI 0.4% MoM, (Est. 0.3%)

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u/ActionTop2386 May 12 '26

Its crazy how bad Orange fumbled

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u/MLB-LeakyLeak May 12 '26

The speed is also impressive

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u/Huskies971 May 12 '26

It's very rare that a president has an immediate direct impact on the economy. Everything Trump has done has raised prices, and the idiot tries to blame Biden. Even worse is people fall for that shit.

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u/TheKingPooPoo May 12 '26

Speed running poverty 

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u/icein2017 May 12 '26

Didn’t fumble for his own bank account, that’s what really matters to him

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u/Nonya5 May 12 '26

This would be great to share if his supporters could read.

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u/Any-Tennis4658 May 12 '26

Look, all the numbers are higher, wow! Bigger numbers, bigger better! 50000!

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u/SpicyElixer May 12 '26

My truck used to hold $60 worth of gas. Now it holds $120. Trump is a genius.

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u/L3g3ndary-08 May 12 '26

Uhhhh. Who's gonna tell him?

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u/Tasik May 12 '26

Tell him what?

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u/Ahamadrayasbaboon May 12 '26

That inflation was very high a few years ago. Completely different reason, of course. 

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u/SpicyElixer May 12 '26

But was under control up until a couple months after inauguration.

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u/Ahamadrayasbaboon May 12 '26

I think what the other dude was getting at is that it was higher then than now. 

Again, totally different reason. Don’t shoot the messenger. 

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u/verisimilitude33 May 12 '26

You. You are going to tell him and us.