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Why "Experts" Got Trump Inflation Wrong

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Peter St Onge
Feb 20, 2026
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“Experts” predicted inflation would soar in a second Trump term. Instead, it crashed.

Prices are still high, of course. But we’re actually flirting with deflation with inflation under 1% according to real-time price tracker Truflation.

So why were the experts so wrong: Was it pure bias.

Or are left-wing Keynesian models garbage?

Before the 2024 election, C…

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