Inflation Has BROKEN the Fed! 67 Months Straight 📈🔥

October 17, 2026

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In January 2021, during the COVID-19 lockdowns, US inflation briefly dipped below the Federal Reserve's 2% target. It has not been that low since. As of the recording, inflation has run above 2% for 67 consecutive months, a stretch that has quietly destroyed a fifth of the dollar's purchasing power. The Fed's stated goal is to steal 2% of your money every year through inflation, but they have overshot that goal for more than five years straight. The result is that it now costs $129 to buy what $100 bought in 2021 — a 22.5% decline in the dollar's value.

The Fed's Broken Promise

The central argument of the episode is that the Federal Reserve has lost control of its own mandate. The Fed promises to target 2% annual inflation, which it frames as a stable and predictable erosion of purchasing power. But the data shows that inflation has been above that target for 67 months without interruption. The speaker treats this not as a temporary overshoot but as a structural failure. The Fed's credibility rests on its ability to keep inflation near its target, and that credibility is now in question.

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1 (00:01) **67 Months of Above-Target Inflation** - Opening statistic: US CPI has remained above the Fed's 2% target for 67 consecutive months.
2 (00:49) **Dollar Value Destruction Since 2021** - The purchasing power of the US dollar has declined by 22.5% since January 2021.

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