Heckuva Job: Inflation Up

Friday, May 15, 2026

For the first time in three years, Americans' wages are no longer outpacing inflation.

Posted by Nixon at 07:32 PM | 29 COMMENTS | permalink

Higher inflation has persisted as rising prices pressure consumers.

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-- Forbes (@forbes.com) 8:45 AM Â· May 12, 2026

Comments

Inflation up?

No wonder that Trump was rage-posting Obama to be arrested at 3:00 AM.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-12 10:55 AM

#1 That and Obama was waving around his Nobel in an interview with Colbert and subtly backhanding stinky.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-12 11:23 AM

Producers Price Index up 6% year over year?

Producer Price Index News Release summary
www.bls.gov

... The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.4 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Final demand prices advanced 0.7 percent in March and 0.6 percent in February. (See table A.) The April increase is the largest advance since rising 1.7 percent in March 2022.

On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand rose 6.0 percent for the 12 months ended in April, the largest 12-month increase since moving up 6.4 percent in December 2022. ...

[emphasis mine]

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-15 08:50 PM

OK, so the price increase for those who produce and supply goods is around 6% year over year.

How long before that price increase might make it to those who consume those goods?

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-15 08:52 PM

---- Maga

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-15 09:15 PM

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-15 09:40 PM

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-15 09:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

9.6% inflation is what I'm waiting for so I can sling ------ at Boaz

-Snoofy

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-15 10:29 PM

We gladly settle for less than half the inflation Biden brought us. And our president didn't compromise national security by selling off the SPR's to leverage midterms. Our president didn't have to lie about student loan forgiveness to leverage midterms... Say what you want, but we're still ahead of the COVID curve with Trump.

#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-15 10:33 PM

Build Back Worse

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-15 10:34 PM

@#8 ... We gladly settle for less than half the inflation Biden brought us. ...

The inflation during the Biden years was due to Pres Biden reacting to Pres Trump non-reaction to COVID.

Pres Biden inherited a COVID disaster from Pres Trump.

The inflation was largely due to the stimuli that Pres Biden, working with Congress, put into place to keep the Country's economy moving forward. And i do note that the stimuli was targeted towards working Americans, note the billionaires that Pres trump seems to target for economic relief.

So, what else yer got?

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-15 10:41 PM

@#10 ... Pres Biden, working with Congress ...

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
en.wikipedia.org

... The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or American Rescue Plan, is a US$1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, to speed up the country's recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.[1]

First proposed on January 14, 2021, the package builds upon many of the measures in the CARES Act from March 2020 and in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, from December.[2][3] ...

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-15 10:45 PM

We gladly settle for less than half the inflation Biden brought us.
#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Hahaha.
So, 4 percent inflation is okay with you now.
Hahahahahaha.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-15 10:48 PM

So, 4 percent inflation is okay with you now.
Hahahahahaha.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-15 10:48 PM | Reply | Flag:

Beats the hell outta 9.6%

#13 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-15 11:01 PM

The inflation during the Biden years was due to Pres Biden reacting to Pres Trump non-reaction to COVID.
#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-15 10:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's always someone else's fault

#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-05-15 11:02 PM

@#14 ... It's always someone else's fault ...

Yeah, that seems to be the mantra of Pres Trump.

But in my @10 comment, I did not blame anyone for the inflation. Indeed, I attributed it to the actions of Pres Biden's actions.

What else yer got?

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-15 11:07 PM

Luvsorangeturds is proud of his child-raping idol's 15% unemployment rate.

#16 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-15 11:11 PM

I attributed it to the actions of Pres Biden's actions.
- gaslighter

What actions, be specific.

clearly gov spending is the domain of Congress.

#17 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-15 11:15 PM

@#17 ... What actions, be specific. ...

Pres Biden working with Congress, as I noted in #11.

Do try to keep up ...

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-15 11:37 PM

"Beats the hell outta 9.6%"

Which lasted what ... one month?

And what factor are you using to multiply what the current administration is admitting?

If it isn't AT LEAST x1.5, you're carrying water.

#19 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-16 03:00 AM

"Beats the hell outta 9.6%"

Which lasted what ... one month?

And what factor are you using to multiply what the current administration is admitting?

If it isn't AT LEAST x1.5, you're carrying water.

#20 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-16 03:03 AM

"Beats the hell outta 9.6%"

Which lasted what ... one month?

And what factor are you using to multiply what the current administration is admitting?

If it isn't AT LEAST x1.5, you're carrying water.

#21 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-16 03:03 AM

@#19 ... Which lasted what ... one month? ...

Another aspect that concerns me (aside from inflation now being higher than wage increases) is that we may only be at the foothills of the inflation mountain that might affect us.

The PPI numbers released recently are quite concerning.

#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-16 03:09 AM

MAGA ------- need to be culled

#23 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-16 10:57 AM

" And our president didn't compromise national security by selling off the SPR's to leverage midterms."

Biden bought it back at lower prices.

In contrast, Trump didn't max them out before starting a war of choice.

You always seem to skip over those two salient points.

#24 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-16 11:24 AM

We gladly settle for less than half the inflation Biden brought us.

Except Biden didn't "bring" it, dips*&^. Do you really have zero ability to think beyond basic temporal associations?

And our president didn't compromise national security by selling off the SPR's to leverage midterms.

Ummmm yes he did and still is...

www.eia.gov

Do you ever tire of being had? You literally wake up with egg on your face every single day but still bleat your praises of the worst POTUS of our lifetime.

Our president didn't have to lie about student loan forgiveness to leverage midterms...

How did Biden lie?

Say what you want, but we're still ahead of the COVID curve with Trump.

#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Only in Dumbf*&^ land.

And you MAGA morons wonder why you're seen as the bottom of the barrel. Literally none of the drivel you wrote is an accurate reflection of reality.

#25 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-16 11:47 AM

BTW the pandemic inflation was likely exacerbated by...Trump.

How? Through his OPEC agreement to slash production to increase prices.

Will the OPEC production cut make inflation worse?

Likely yes. Brent crude should reach $100 per barrel by December, says Jorge Leon, senior vice president at Rystad Energy. That is up from an earlier prediction of $89.

Part of the 2 million-barrel-per-day cut is only on paper as some OPEC+ countries aren't able to produce their quota. So the group can deliver only about 1.2 million barrels a day in actual cuts.

That's still going to have a "significant" effect on prices, Leon said.

"Higher oil prices will inevitably add to the inflation headache that global central banks are fighting, and higher oil prices will factor into the calculus of further increasing interest rates to cool down the economy," he wrote in a note.

www.pbs.org

www.youtube.com

You keep getting clowned, numbnuts.

#26 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-16 12:01 PM

It's always someone else's fault

#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You mean like you dumbf*&^s constantly blaming Biden?

Even when it's a direct effect from Trump's bumbling policies, you still bleat about Biden.

#27 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-16 12:02 PM

"It's always someone else's fault."
- republican motto

#28 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-16 12:08 PM

That would be "it's always Biden and Obama's fault"