Inflation on everyday items IS entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says…
The cost of many everyday items would have declined last year and early this year without President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to the New York Federal Reserve.
The cost of 67 categories of goods was 2.9 percentage points higher as of February thanks to tariffs, according to a paper from a team of researchers at the central bank’s New York arm.
Without the levies, the team found that prices for the products they studied would have pulled back by almost 1%.
Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says https://t.co/G9LMlGZjhy
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 8, 2026
Cost of Halloween candy spikes 71%…
As 74% of Americans prepare for spooky season, new research is warning Halloween candy shoppers to brace for another jump scare: horrifyingly high prices.
A recent study by Finance Buzz found that the cost of filling the candy bowl has climbed 71% since 2021—more than triple the national inflation rate of 22%.
Source: FinanceBuzz
President Explodes at Rising Dem Stars in Late-Night Meltdown…
President Donald Trump has attacked two Democratic rising stars in a pair of unhinged late-night posts on Truth Social.
With the Nov. 3 midterm elections less than a month away, the 80-year-old president is turning to dirty tricks, using his social media posts to trumpet wild claims about candidates who threaten the Republican Party’s hold on the Senate.
First in his scope was a frequent target, Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Democratic Senate candidate. “Mohammed El-Sayed is a terrible Candidate for the Dumocrats,” the president wrote at 11:13 p.m. Eastern, using—but misspelling—the 41-year-old’s middle name, Mohamed.
‘He’s Not Making Sense’: GOP’s Alienated Voters…
President Donald Trump keeps holding midterm election rallies, and Fox News keeps choosing not to air the rallies live.
This programming decision has huge political and cultural significance. Fox News, America’s most-watched cable channel, has been one of Trump’s top ways to reach voters for more than a decade.
Trump is perturbed about it. But Fox evidently doesn’t think his speeches are worth showing in full right now, which speaks volumes about this political moment.
The implication: Fox agrees with the Republican candidates and strategists who are privately fretting about Trump hurting their chances in the midterms.
Fox’s response is to basically turn him off. Perhaps Fox patriarch Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan believe the network’s opinion hosts are better messengers for the GOP than the president himself, especially now, as Trump’s approval ratings are hitting record lows.
“We talk so much about how Trump is the ‘executive producer in chief’ but often forget that even the most popular shows tend to run out of steam after one season too many,” veteran Republican strategist Doug Heye said.
“That’s exactly where we are and why — whether you’re in Lake of the Ozarks or Emmetsburg, Iowa, fewer Trump flags are being flown every day,” Heye added.
Fox isn’t publicly commenting on the matter. But current and former hosts at the network say it’s a freighted calculation.
“This is coming from the top down,” a current Fox host said on condition of anonymity. The host said they didn’t officially know the reasons why, but said the conventional wisdom at the network right now is that “Trump doesn’t rate anymore.”
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