New inflation data shows prices are still on the rise, with overall prices up 20.3%, electricity up 30.7%, rent up 22.5%, and groceries up 21.5% since Kamala Harris took office.
Today’s new Consumer Price Index shows year-over-year prices increased by 2.5% in August — far higher than the 1.4% inflation rate when President Trump left office and the 42nd straight month where inflation has been above the Fed’s target rate. Under Kamala, inflation has averaged 5.2%— almost three times the average inflation rate under President Trump.
Real average weekly earnings are down 3.4% since Kamala took office; they increased 8.2% under President Trump.
Kamala — whose policies sent prices soaring in the first place — wants to send them even higher. She’s doubling down on the Harris-Biden inflationary agenda by proposing the largest tax hike in history, a Soviet-style price control scheme, and a housing plan that will only drive home prices higher.
Meanwhile, new U.S. Census Bureau data confirms Americans were BETTER OFF under President Trump:
After three-and-a-half years of sky-high price increases under Kamala, the only relief in sight is re-electing President Donald J. Trump in November.