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Trump declares 'inflation defeated' even as prices rise

October 14, 2025

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Los Angeles Times

Inflation has risen in three of the last four months and is slightly higher than it was a year ago, when it helped sink then-Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. Yet you wouldn't know it from listening to President Trump or even some of the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve.

- CHRISTOPHER RUGABER

Trump declares 'inflation defeated' even as prices rise

PEOPLE look for goods at a Sam's Club in Arkansas. Inflation has risen in three of the last four months.

CHARLIE RIEDEL Associated Press

Trump told the United Nations General Assembly late last month: “Grocery prices are down, mortgage rates are down, and inflation has been defeated.”

And at a high-profile speech in August, just before the Fed cut its key interest rate for the first time this year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said: “Inflation, though still somewhat elevated, has come down a great deal from its post-pandemic highs. Upside risks to inflation have diminished.”

Yet dismissing or even downplaying inflation while it is still above the Fed’s target of 2% poses big risks for the White House and the Federal Reserve. For the Trump administration, it could find itself on the wrong side of a potent issue: Surveys show that many Americans still see high prices as a major burden on their finances.

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