US inflation jumps to highest level in almost two years

[Cheema02]

Anyone could have predicted this would happen, we had two very recent examples of supply shocks - Covid and and Russia's invasion of Ukraine where there was a similar outcome. If 20% of the worlds supply of oil, a critical resource, suddenly evaporates then it will ripple throughout supply chains into a rise in cost for the remaining 80% in circulation. There are also lots of other things that come out of the region, like fertilizer, which will push up prices for food and it's just generally a massive artery for trade that has become severed. The root source of this whole problem is Trumps America and Israel trying to bully it's neighbors while stealing land. We are all in for a bumpy rollercoaster until Trump picks the next disaster to create, because he is only an expert at making problems.

Its very authentic and rational fact that any global event like COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine conflict affects the global market directly and distabilize the global trade and specifically the oil trade. So when the oil supply is disrupt then its affects the transportation directly and transport is link with almost all sectors like with food supply energy sector and some others so its push the inflation as well. And mainly when fertilizer department would affect then its directly affects the agriculture so the food chain is also damage worldwide. So we don't blame to single leader of specific country for inflation because its depends on different factors like regional conflicts and market instability. And also political conflict in any oil producing region creat panic situations because world is dependent on limited energy resources so to maintain such crises countries may put more efforts for diplomatic strength.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Rising inflation in the United States is a natural result of Trump's policy. Of course, the population may not like it. As there are more and more opponents of Trump, this drop in the president's rating only benefits them. I don't think he will hold his position until the end of his presidential term. The funny thing is how much his pre-election statements are at odds with his current actions.

In American political history, three president have been impeached, but none have been removed from office. The only exception was Nixon, who resigned before being formally impeached and removed from office. Trump could be the first president to be removed from office, but this would only happen if the Democratic gains control of Congress in the upcoming midterm election.

Like any other politician, Trump broke the statements and promises he had made to voters. That's something we could have predicted.

There's no sitting president I know that fulfilled their campaign agenda after being sworn into office. They mainly accomplish those agendas that favor them and their regime, otherwise, Trump is just like every other president out there and if this war keeps escalating, we may see prices keep rising because the Iranians won't just fold their hands and watch by as U.S takes over by force.

Some countries are taking the initiative to make their economy bearable for their citizens while those who have no clue of governance are more affected and would even crumble their economy with borrowing and mismanagement of their local resources and revenue.

[EluguHcman]

They said Iran has no right to block the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran has a plan and it happened all over the world, the war also affected the US.

Trump said I told them to come and let us open the Strait, that they did not answer. He said United States does not depend on the Strait but see what is happening in the US now as inflation in the US accelerated last month to its highest rate in nearly two years.

That is one of the reason of the saying that... You that lives in the glass house should not throw stones in this neighbors house else, the stone being at rest may bounce on your glass house.
US may claim they don't depend on the revenues from the Strait of Hormuz just to pose about his own economy as the world largest economy.

Maybe Trump thought the Iran may consider not to put interest in blocking the strait of the Hormuz since it is not going to affect the US government. But I think their persistence had thought they budgets some lessons that is why Trump is pushing forth to unblock the ways.

Trump may also don't want to tolerate that decision of the Iranian government even though it does not have effect in his countrys economy because he is seem himself as a demi god since he assumed office as the US President.
He had not taken shit from any authority since he had been engaged with other authorities and governments.

[DYOR+BTC]

Anyone could have predicted this would happen, we had two very recent examples of supply shocks - Covid and and Russia's invasion of Ukraine where there was a similar outcome. If 20% of the worlds supply of oil, a critical resource, suddenly evaporates then it will ripple throughout supply chains into a rise in cost for the remaining 80% in circulation. There are also lots of other things that come out of the region, like fertilizer, which will push up prices for food and it's just generally a massive artery for trade that has become severed. The root source of this whole problem is Trumps America and Israel trying to bully it's neighbors while stealing land. We are all in for a bumpy rollercoaster until Trump picks the next disaster to create, because he is only an expert at making problems.

Its very authentic and rational fact that any global event like COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine conflict affects the global market directly and distabilize the global trade and specifically the oil trade. So when the oil supply is disrupt then its affects the transportation directly and transport is link with almost all sectors like with food supply energy sector and some others so its push the inflation as well. And mainly when fertilizer department would affect then its directly affects the agriculture so the food chain is also damage worldwide. So we don't blame to single leader of specific country for inflation because its depends on different factors like regional conflicts and market instability. And also political conflict in any oil producing region creat panic situations because world is dependent on limited energy resources so to maintain such crises countries may put more efforts for diplomatic strength.

Transportation is a very sensitive area in the increase and decrease in the prices of commodities,  when the Transportation sector is affected by one challenges or the other just as it was done in the case of US by the war, the nation may experience unconditional inflation that may even disorganised the country's economy.  That is what Is affecting the US government now, since the closure of the strait of Hormuz,  the country have lack the inflow of petroleum products which was why Transportation was destructed by lack of petroleum products and directly lead to the increase in inflation but will be controlled once the strait of Hormuz is opened.

[HyperCodexV]

They said Iran has no right to block the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran has a plan and it happened all over the world, the war also affected the US.

Trump said I told them to come and let us open the Strait, that they did not answer. He said United States does not depend on the Strait but see what is happening in the US now as inflation in the US accelerated last month to its highest rate in nearly two years.

The war in Iran significantly caused the inflation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde56g80xp5o

The situation is not surprising, once there is war, especially around something as important as oil routes like the Strait of Hormuz, it will definitely affect global prices, including in the US.

Even if the US says it doesn’t depend on it directly, the global market is connected. When oil prices go up, transport, food and other goods also become more expensive and that leads to inflation. it’s not just about one country, the impact spreads everywhere across the globe.

[Oluwa-btc]

They said Iran has no right to block the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran has a plan and it happened all over the world, the war also affected the US.

Trump said I told them to come and let us open the Strait, that they did not answer. He said United States does not depend on the Strait but see what is happening in the US now as inflation in the US accelerated last month to its highest rate in nearly two years.

The war in Iran significantly caused the inflation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde56g80xp5o

This should be the second time he Donald Trump has messed up the economy at the same way increased their debt in America. This is not America first, this is what you get from a man all for himself. He has literally watched his fortune doubled ever since he was sworn in again.

The people and allies he called up on are now making deals with China who he fights indirectly. They will not want to offend China who purchases 90% of their cheap oil from Iran. Yeah, everybody would say that.

[Kelvinid]

Well, I have to say that US inflation within March 2026 has been considered as ''uncomfortably high'' compared to the previous years rate of inflation. This is a proof that there is no country that can be exempted from inflation, even the highly-developed country's economies like US. Iran has probably made a significant influence here, but this does not only happen to US alone but almost to different countries in the universe.

The biggest challenge now lies on the leaders of different countries, unfortunately my country is in a very negative position especially with the most corrupt leader ever since.

[SamReomo]

The war in Iran significantly caused the inflation.

US Iran war isn't just another war but it's one of the most dangerous wars that has impacted the economic system of not only US or Iran but the whole world. The strait of Hormuz plays a very important role to move Crude Oil from gulf countries to the rest of the world and because of war Iran closed pathway for ships from this strait of Hormuz and that's creating price spikes in Crude Oil and when Crude Oil gets higher in price then rates of everything will increase. Since talks between US-Iran failed so we can't expect something good as of now. I hope things will be okay and there's chance that the US-Iran might have another talks in coming days or weeks.

[Minor Miner]

This should be the second time he Donald Trump has messed up the economy at the same way increased their debt in America. This is not America first, this is what you get from a man all for himself. He has literally watched his fortune doubled ever since he was sworn in again.

The people and allies he called up on are now making deals with China who he fights indirectly. They will not want to offend China who purchases 90% of their cheap oil from Iran. Yeah, everybody would say that.

The US national debt has never stopped rising. It has risen steadily during every presidential term. But it increased significantly and much faster under President Trump. This is a consequence of the government's reckless spending and persistent budget deficits.

If Trump does not soon end his aggressive actions toward the world, such as the trade war and wars with other countries. The US public debt will skyrocket even faster due to those massive wasteful spending sprees.
I just checked, the war in Iran is costing them nearly $49 billion in just 43 days. That is a massive amount of money, and it is crazy.
https://costofwars.com/

Which country and which of America's allies are you referring to that is making deals with China?

[snowpega]

They said Iran has no right to block the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran has a plan and it happened all over the world, the war also affected the US.

Trump said I told them to come and let us open the Strait, that they did not answer. He said United States does not depend on the Strait but see what is happening in the US now as inflation in the US accelerated last month to its highest rate in nearly two years.

The war in Iran significantly caused the inflation.
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First of all, I have an objection to those (US) who say that Iran has no right to block the Strait of Hormuz. I question them does US has any right to kill fragile kids in an airstrike in Iran? Does the US have the right to sanction Iranian oil for not selling to any country? Does the US have any right to not allow the Iranian people to become a nuclear power for their own defense? The US is putting pressure on Iran from every single edge, and such pressure is not acceptable, and this is truly unfair and cruel, in my point of view.

Other than this, there is no doubt that whatever is going on affects all the countries in the world, and the rate of inflation is increasing in every edge of the globe, not only in the US. But we have to bear this until the US steps back or makes a peace deal with Iran. Well, this is my point of view on this. Everyone has their own and right to share their opinion here.

[Kelward]

This shows that in a war there is hardly an absolute winner even the most powerful will suffer loses and that is precisely what is happening to the US presently, perhaps they didn't predict this impact but it is hitting them one way or another. Crude oil is a global commodity and if the source or movement is disturbed everyone feels the impact because it is an essential commodity everywhere.

I believe that the solution is for the waring sides to come to an agreement on how to end it and let the economies of the world to focus on their internal economies, most importantly to stop the killings and destruction of properties. The sooner they find lasting solution the better for every side otherwise it could hit the US economy more than this if the war escalates more than this level.

[dansus021]

uS inflation jumps to highest level in almost two years so the next means that there will no rate cut because the market is very uncertain right now especially with ongoing war that drive oild price like crazy, people replaced by AI and other.

Bitcoin have long correlation with traditional marketike stock, so when inflation are high people are gonna save their money into bank. And all high risk asset gonna have a correction  including bitcoin

[Swordsoffreedom]

They said Iran has no right to block the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran has a plan and it happened all over the world, the war also affected the US.

Trump said I told them to come and let us open the Strait, that they did not answer. He said United States does not depend on the Strait but see what is happening in the US now as inflation in the US accelerated last month to its highest rate in nearly two years.

The war in Iran significantly caused the inflation.
...

First of all, I have an objection to those (US) who say that Iran has no right to block the Strait of Hormuz. I question them does US has any right to kill fragile kids in an airstrike in Iran? Does the US have the right to sanction Iranian oil for not selling to any country? Does the US have any right to not allow the Iranian people to become a nuclear power for their own defense? The US is putting pressure on Iran from every single edge, and such pressure is not acceptable, and this is truly unfair and cruel, in my point of view.

Other than this, there is no doubt that whatever is going on affects all the countries in the world, and the rate of inflation is increasing in every edge of the globe, not only in the US. But we have to bear this until the US steps back or makes a peace deal with Iran. Well, this is my point of view on this. Everyone has their own and right to share their opinion here.

Another thing is that the Strait of Hormuz would never have been closed if this war had not happened. And no one else, the United States that initiated the war and inflicted both human and economic damage on Iran.
The United States was the one that started the war in the Middle East, so it can be said that they are the reason the Strait of Hormuz was closed.

I agree with you, this war will only end when the United States withdraw its troops because they are the aggressors. Iran did nothing wrong, they were simply defending themselve.