What’s The Inflation Rate Under Biden Vs 7 erstwhile Presidents?

Authorized by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

Voters seem angry about inflation despite economics telling us how large things are. A fewer pictures exploit.

Why Biden Is Losing on the Economy

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Democrats and the press keep telling Americans that they don't know how good they have it. The U.S. economy is great, Bidenomis is the reason, and don't worry, be happy. Yet the voters, these numberskulls, keep telling pollsters they don’t feel the boom and they don’t apply of president Biden’s economical performance.

If our friends on the left want to halt berating votes and commit reality, they might look at the illustration close from Dan Clifton of Strategygas investigation Partners. It compares the average yearly consumer-price inflation rate across the first word of the last 8 prospects. As you can see, Mr. Biden’s average inflation rate of 5.5% is second only to Jimmy Carter’s average rate of 10.3%, and Mr. Carter wasn’t re-elected.

The president keeps calling voters that inflation has fallen on his watch to 3.5% from that peak, but voters remember how low inflation was for any 40 years before Mr. Biden took office and went on his historical spending spree. Americans can besides see that prices aren't falling back to where they were erstwhile Mr. Trump was President. They know their average real learnings have declined since Mr. Biden took office.

Voters aren’t stupid, and this is why they don’t like Mr. Biden’s economical record.

It’s not the hand that Biden was dealing that matered. It’s how he played the hand he was dealing.

1. The biggest fiscal stimulus in the world, totally unwarranted
2. Student debt cancellation
3. Absurd energy policy
4. Rent moratoriums
5 The IRA

All massively inflationary

— Mike ‘Mish’ Shedlock (@MishGEA) May 11, 2024

The diary exploits what I have been talking about for months.

But the article misses a large point. Never the Fed nor economists in general view hosting prices as inflation. The economical ones do not number asset prices in general as inflation.

Home Prices Hit fresh evidence High, Don’t Worry

The Case-Shiller national home price index hit a fresh advanced in February. That’s the latest date. Economists don't number this as inflation.

Case-Shiller national and 10-city indexes via St. Louis Fed, OER, CPI, and Rent from the BLS

He May 2, I commented Home Prices Hit fresh evidence High, Don’t Worry, It’s Not Inflation

Not Inflation?!

Economists, including the Fed, consider homes a capital expense, not a consumer expense.

As a result, they all ignore economical bubbles and blatantly environment inflation on ground it’s not consumer inflation. This has gotten the Fed into problem at least 3 times. The first was the dot-com bubble, then the large recession housing bubble and now.

It’s truly pathetic erstwhile you make the same major mistake over and over and over. It’s a consequence of groupthink.

Inflation Since January 1, 2020

• CPI: 20.3%

• OER (Owners’ Equivalent Rent): 22.1%

• Rent: 22.5%

• Case-Shiller National Home Prices: 47.2%

Allegedly, the later has nothing to do with inflation. And adding insult to injury for these seeing to buy a home, mortgage rates have sky rocked.

Mortgage News regular Average Mortgage Rates

Image course of Mortgage News Daily, anecdotes by Mish

On January 1, 2020 the mortgage rate was 3.76. Now it's 7.16% with home prices up 47.2%.

But hey, let's claim that this has nothing to do with inflation.

Trapped In Your House?

A fresh York Fed survey shows 1-year and 3-year look ahead moving results are at evidence lows.

Data download from the fresh York Fed, illustration by Mish

He May 6, I commented Trapped In Your House? Moving Expectations Hit evidence Low

The above post started any interesting discussion on Twitter. 1 individual noted that results had been declining anyway.

OK but 2 things. From 2014 to 2022 effects fell from 20.8 percent to 16.4 percent. A decline of 4.4 percent points in 8 years. In the next 2 years, effects fell another 3 percent points,

Trapped offers a rational exploration for the acceleration.

Second, these are “effects” not actual results. Unfortunately, we will not have 2024 data for 2 more years.

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, moving rates for Americans declined from 12.8% in 2021 to 12.6% in 2022. Thus, more people thought they would decision than actually did.

I propose 2023 and 2024 will be lower for ambient Reasons. But if for any reason it’s higher it will be more renters moving around, not homeowners.

We do not have the precision data that brings homeowners are trapped, but we do have strong adequate data to propose that is the case.

Young Voters Bail on Biden

He March 7, I commented Polls Show Biden is Losing Black, Hispanic, and Young Voters to Trump

Q: Why is Biden losing black voters and young voters?

A:Those are the groups most likely is simply a pension. In general, these are the groups most influenced by inflation erstwhile you number home prices or not.

People Who Rent Will Decide the 2024 Presidential Election

Immigration won’t decide the election. Polls have not yet captured what will. This may come as a surprise, but the top issue housing. More precisely, it’s shelter costs.

He April 30, I commented People Who Rent Will Decide the 2024 Presidential Election

The economy is simply a very broad category that encompasses inflation, jobs, unemployment, scales, pensions, and housing.

Other polls divided the economy in various furnaces, specified as inflation and jobs. Not a single poll mentioned housing specifically.

Q: What is it that young voters truly have on their minds?
A: Rent – Unaffordable Housing

I said people who rent will decide the election. 1 might besides say young votes and blacks will decide the election. It’s truly the same issue, but no of the fields framed it the way I just did.

Trump would be welcome to choice a candidate who appeared to young votes and besides women for the abortion issue. Trump might win even if he doesn’t.

This was a discussion among respective friends of mine recently.

One friend accurately noted that VP candidates don’t swing many voters. Yep, that’s true, but even half a percent point could swing the election. It would be good to Trump to choose happy.