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Topic: Inflation

Office desk with a sandwich (Getty Images/Image Source)

The high cost of lunching

Joy Saha
President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's big speech was all gaslighting

Heather Digby Parton
Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to speak on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump's affordability con job backfires

Amanda Marcotte
Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett (right) speaks as President Trump makes an announcement on changes to the country's fuel economy standards in the Oval Office, Dec. 3, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Even Fox News hates Trump's economy

Sophia Tesfaye
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President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet Meeting at the White. House on Aug. 26, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Inflation is coming for Donald Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Protesters attend the No Kings march on Boston Common on Oct. 18, 2025. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

How "No Kings" missed the mark

Austin Sarat
The McDonald's logo is pictured in front of a store in Dearborn, Michigan on October 17, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

McDonald’s is chasing the bargain eater

Joy Saha
Lisa DeNell Cook, during a hearing ahead of her appointment to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Image)

Fired Fed governor just might beat Trump

Sabrina Haake
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Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a Democratic primary election night gathering after running on a platform of affordability. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Dems should speak the language of pain

Chauncey DeVega
People shop at a retail store in New York. Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, the biggest monthly increase since June 2022. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Wake up, Dems: Hammer Trump on inflation

Austin Sarat
McDonald's is having a moment. People are realizing how much fast food is going up, after a viral post about their pricey breakfast hash browns. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

Sticker shock hits McDonald’s breakfast

CK Smith
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on December 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump hopes for "termination" of Powell

Griffin Eckstein
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Egg shelves are seen with a note apologizing to customers for the price increase in New York, United States on January 21, 2023. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Inflation eased ahead of Trump trade war

Quinn Sental
Bowl of potato chips (Getty Images/MirageC)

Why are potato chips still so pricey?

Joy Saha
Customer handing over their credit card at the supermarket checkout (Getty Images/GeorgeRudy)

Inflation soars in January

Quinn Sental
A sign lets shoppers know about possible egg shortages at a grocery store in Glendale, California on January 6, 2025. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Record egg prices are no yolk

Quinn Sental
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A customer shops at a Target store on May 20, 2024 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Inflation fears spike amid Trump tariffs

Quinn Sental
Former President Donald Trump listens to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meeting at Winfield House, London on December 3, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

The true cost of Trump's chaos tariffs

Heather Digby Parton
A sign lets shoppers know about possible egg shortages at a grocery store in Glendale, California on January 6, 2025. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Why food prices are rising again

Joy Saha
Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and chickens (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trumponomics: Grocery bills will soar

Heather Digby Parton
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A view of the Champagne Flutes (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for NYCWFF)

Champagne sales are dropping

Joy Saha
A customer making a contactless payment using a credit card. (Getty Images/VioletaStoimenova)

Credit card defaults are soaring

Daria Solovieva
Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Farewell to Washington's real power duo

Sophia Tesfaye
A Chipotle Mexican Grill sign is seen in the Park Slope neighborhood on April 29, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Chipotle set to increase prices

Michael La Corte
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