# Is inflation back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Political Topics\ **Created:** [June 11, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148 "2021-06-11T17:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 103
**Author:** ![Fish\_Actuary](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Fish\_Actuary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Fish_Actuary)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2053 "2025-03-31T21:58:52Z")
I’m wondering if you could find someone who has chickens who’d take her in for both of your sakes? ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2054 "2025-04-01T03:33:17Z")
There are neighbours a few blocks away who also have chickens in their back yard. However chickens can be hostile to a new chicken, especially one of a different breed, which ours is (a Quebec Chantecler). Thus I expect our old hen would have been met with hostility by our neighbour’s hens if we had given her to them. In addition, she is no longer productive so I doubt the neighbour would want her anyway. She seems content living with us so we will give her that. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Actuary](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Fish\_Actuary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Fish_Actuary)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2055 "2025-04-01T12:01:35Z")
I was thinking you could give the chicken some sort of trust fund. Basically cover her living expenses in exchange for letting her live with a flock. But if she’s happy with where she is, then not needed. ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2056 "2025-04-10T18:29:00Z")
Year over Year down to 2.4%. Have fun looking at that number. Probably not going to see that again for a while. > **[CPI inflation falls in March as annual core consumer prices rise at slowest...](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cpi-inflation-falls-in-march-as-annual-core-consumer-prices-rise-at-slowest-rate-in-four-years-132746992.html)** > > March's Consumer Price Index could be the last time investors see moderating inflation as President Trump's tariffs threaten to upend recent easing in price growth. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2057 "2025-04-10T18:55:01Z")
I am sure that at least one Trump acolyte will be saying “see, tariffs don’t cause inflation” even though the tariffs hadn’t kicked in in March. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2058 "2025-04-10T20:24:53Z")
Never let facts get in the way of a good story, imo. ---
**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2059 "2025-04-17T18:19:40Z")
> [@EimonGnome](#): > > Cage free flock size is increasing as a % of total flock size annually since 2019. (A testimony to the power of advertising, no doubt) Or a testament to states banning caged eggs. Around 10 states have bans or restrictions on caged eggs. Rhode Island is phasing in a ban that’s fully in effect in 2026. I believe Ohio sells caged eggs but banned construction of new facilities using cages. Michigan just banned caged eggs beginning January 1 2025. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2060 "2025-07-06T08:47:01Z")
Looks like inflation is further denting consumer choices. In this case US consumers are moving away from clearly over-priced unhealthy snack foods. ![Screenshot_20250706_093834_Samsung Internet](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/4/f40746e3bb7c9785fc0c3d08278b379ac94d6f52.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2061 "2025-07-06T11:14:25Z")
What an awful graph. Unit sales instead of nominal dollars, so you wouldn’t expect the curves to match at all. Yet putting both on the same plot to invite comparison. ---
**Author:** ![The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_president/32/70075_2.png) [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2062 "2025-07-06T11:30:11Z")
Google is suggesting 6% of Americans have tried weight loss drugs and the US population is growing at about 1% a year. Could have almost nothing to do with inflation. ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2063 "2025-07-21T21:52:13Z")
> **[Beef prices are the new egg prices. They’re soaring | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/business/beef-prices-record-high)** > > First it was eggs, now its beef. Beef, it’s what up. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Actuary](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Fish\_Actuary](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Fish_Actuary)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2064 "2025-07-22T21:59:17Z")
The North American cattle herd has been collapsing in size, possibly due to climate change limiting water supply and feed. > **[Total Canadian cattle, calf numbers shrink again - Canadian Cattlemen](https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/beef-watch/total-canadian-cattle-calf-numbers-shrink-again/)** > > Total Canadian cattle and calves on January 1, 2025, were 0.7 per cent smaller at 10.9 million head and are the smallest since 1988. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2065 "2025-07-23T15:12:37Z")
Stellantis and GM are losing $ billions due to Trump’s trade policies. They are largely “eating the tariffs” but eventually must increase prices to survive. ---
**Author:** ![YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/yankeetripper/32/946_2.png) [@YankeeTripper](https://community.goactuary.com/u/YankeeTripper)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2066 "2025-07-23T17:45:56Z")
So much winning. How long before another taxpayer funded government bail out? ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2067 "2025-08-05T16:06:31Z")
Seemed like a pretty generous offer by Boeing: 20% wage growth over 4 years plus $5000 bonus. Should produce price increases on their products? > **[Thousands of Boeing workers who build fighter jets and weapons go on strike](https://apnews.com/article/boeing-strike-union-fighter-jets-3cc6357adc8bda4bacb334204d081fd4)** > > The union representing Boeing employees have begun a strike after about 3,200 workers at facilities in St. Louis and other locations voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2068 "2025-08-05T16:08:31Z")
> [@Cooke](#): > > Should produce price increases on their products? Are those products in the market basket of goods? ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2069 "2025-08-05T16:27:20Z")
Good question. I dunno but their products might not be part of CPI now that I think more about it. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2070 "2025-08-05T16:31:21Z")
> [@Cooke](#): > > I dunno but their products might not be part of CPI now that I think more about it. If everyone buys one-millionth of a plane… The bombers might cost more, so taxes/deficit. Shipping planes might increase basket goods costs. Transportation planes might increase airline ticket costs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_polymath/32/83081_2.png) [@The\_Polymath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_Polymath)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2071 "2025-09-17T10:46:51Z")
Inflation is going up and likely staying up for a while. From the FT: > [@](#): > > Soaring US electricity prices are sparking fears of an affordability crisis, defying Donald Trump’s pledge to halve consumers’ power bills within a year of the president returning to office. > > Prices hit record highs in 2025, with the average residential cost of [electricity](https://www.ft.com/electric-power) up 7 per cent since last June and commercial rates 5 per cent higher, according to the Energy Information Administration. > > The price jumps will have a political impact, analysts have said, and comes as Trump says he has cut inflation and urges the Federal Reserve — which meets on Wednesday — to slash interest rates. ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148/2072 "2025-09-17T14:38:27Z")
While Electricity prices have been going up, gas prices have remained pretty steady. And with OPEC increasing production there is a decent chance that those prices will be going down. That will be good to keep inflation looking like it is moderating, until oil prices go back up, which they will eventually. Probably next summer or fall in time for the election. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148.md?page=102) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/is-inflation-back/3148.md?page=104)