BLS Inflation and GTX Commodities Index (Goods Inflation) Charts Tracking in Lock-Step Until the US Mid-Term Election Season

The BLS inflation chart matches the GTX commodities chart, a reflection on goods inflation, lock-step, well, until the last 4 months. Something is fishy (light blue box). Keystone smells a rat but there is so many of them it is hard to tell them apart. It is the election silly season so the republocrats and demopublicans are playing their typical corrupt baby games.

The Bidenflation during the COVID-19 pandemic was horrible but prices came back down to stabilize sideways remaining above the Federal Reserve's target of +2% inflation per year. Common folks can handle +2% a year but anything higher causes family budgets to tighten.

Sleepy Joe Biden, the dementia-ridden Alzheimer's patient, was sent packing when King Donnie Chumpski was elected in November 2024. The orange head takes office in January 2025 with inflation data remaining in a sideways posture. Inflation clearly bumps higher due to Trumpski's tariff policies but then moderates. The killer is the Iran War that King Donnie alone decreed. Donnie's war against Iran boosted inflation that never looked back.

You can see the great correlation between the GTX index and the BLS inflation numbers. Trump's war sends oil prices higher screwing common Americans already experiencing an affordability crisis. Donnie promised to lower prices from day one but it was just another campaign lie like stopping the Ukraine War in 24 hours and releasing all the Epstein files. Trumpski's latest false promise is to hand everyone a $5,000 dollar check but only if they vote for republicans. Bribery is cool again in 2026.

The Iran War mess continues and Donnie admits that he is in a holding pattern for the mid-term elections (making decisions based on politics rather than doing what is right to rectify the situation in the Middle East). He is golfing in Ireland today. People forgot about how incompetent Trump was at handling the COVID-19 pandemic stupidly shutting down the entire US economy and schools. Then saying the covid pandemic was almost over and "rounding the corner" for six months until he got COVID-19 and almost died. That is the key reason he was voted from office; incompetence at handling the pandemic. Fast forward to 2026 and you have the same inept manager now involved in a planetary war of his choosing. Good luck.

The GTX chart and BLS inflation chart move in lock-step after the Iran War begins. Oil prices jump higher impacting gasoline prices at the pump as well as the movement of all goods and services. Inflation, now dubbed Trumpflation, juts higher with oil prices. Then King Donnie proclaims that the Iran War will end and ceasefire and peace negotiations are underway (with radical terrorists that everyone knows, except the orange-headed idiot, will not honor any agreement). Oil prices plummet on the Iran War happy talk with WTIC crude dropping to 67 but then the MOU (memo of understanding) agreed to with murderers and terrorists falls apart as everyone expected except Chump. Oil prices jump higher again during July, August and September, and over one hundo per barrel the last couple days.

However, look at the inflation chart. The last 3 readings are +3.5%, +3.4% and +3.4%. Flat and you can say with an ever so slight downward bias. Huh? Come on now. Who's fudging the numbers in the backroom at the BLS? Come on, come clean about your nefarious deeds playing games with the numbers. It smells a lot like the data is kept benign ahead of the election (to not destroy republican hopes) and then magically after the election revisions will occur showing inflation far higher.

This will not be surprising since America is a faux free market crony capitalism system. Capitalism does not exist. If you finally face the truth, everything will make a lot more sense to you. Capitalism only exists in theoretical business textbooks and not in practice because of human greed (corruption) and non-transparency. It is easy to understand. Vote "none of the above" for the election.

The commodities in the GTX index are listed on the chart with everything headed higher even though the BLS says inflation is in a flat to downside bias. What are they smoking? Keystone was at the Westmoreland County Fair in Pennsylvania recently viewing the livestock. There are so many magnificent animals. When will we know the truth behind the blue boxes? The Animals. This information is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Do not invest based on anything you read or view here. Consult your financial advisor before making any investment decision.