Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Johnny2X2X

(24,570 posts)

6. Inflation is just so hard to get a handle on

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 10:51 AM

Jun 10

It's kind of an abstract group of things that cause it, some of which are hard for experts to get their arms around. It can snowball, especially in a strong economy. But I think this economy has enough weakness to control this some.

But it's an unknown. Predicting how high it goes is risky. 5%? 6%? 10%? No one really knows.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

8 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Inflation hits 3-year high, highlighting affordability challenge for Americans [View all] dalton99a Jun 10 OP

MaddowBlog-Trump professes his 'love' of inflation as consumer costs reach a 3-year high LetMyPeopleVote Jun 10 #1

+1 dalton99a Jun 10 #4

MAGA believes "affordability" is a made-up word, gas prices are "not that high" and Prairie Gates Jun 10 #2

Forever wars tend to be bad... Johonny Jun 10 #3

Inflation around the world, caused by Trump's war, will negatively impact US exports, throwing the whole Doodley Jun 10 #5

Inflation is just so hard to get a handle on Johnny2X2X Jun 10 #6

These are horrible numbers with real wages actually shrank last month by 0.8%. LetMyPeopleVote Jun 10 #7

That last chart shows just how high it was in 2022 & half of 2023 MichMan Jun 10 #8