The labor market is cracking while inflation fades.

The labor market is cracking while inflation fades.

Monthly job growth has collapsed from 500,000 at the 2022 peak to around 40,000, and economists see it staying there. Meanwhile inflation keeps drifting back toward 2% as the 2020-21 money-printing pulse washes out. The economy… pic.twitter.com/tmI4o4RDc0

— Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) October 21, 2026

Ground beef is up 22.5% since January 2025. Eggs are down 54%. Same economy, same year.

That spread is the whole lesson. Beef is expensive because the US cattle herd sits at its lowest level since 1951. Eggs collapsed because the flocks rebuilt after bird flu wiped them out. One… pic.twitter.com/VirXwntobE

— Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) October 22, 2026