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The Fed Just Changed How They Measure Inflation — Right Before The Election. Not A Coincidence

June 30, 2026

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The Fed’s New Inflation Gauge and the $39 Trillion Question

The U.S. government owes $39 trillion, with $9.7 trillion of that coming due this year. Interest payments alone now exceed the entire military budget. Kevin Warsh, the new Federal Reserve chairman, has signaled he wants to change how inflation is measured — and the timing lines up with the midterm elections. The argument in this episode is that Warsh and the Trump administration are rowing in the same direction toward a single strategy: inflating away the national debt by siphoning purchasing power from ordinary Americans, using a combination of data manipulation, forced debt purchases, and a carefully managed cover story.

The Two Paths Out of $39 Trillion

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Episode Introduction & The Core Thesis** - Tom Bilyeu frames the $39 trillion national debt as an existential crisis and introduces the claim that the new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, and President Trump have a coordinated plan to inflate away the debt.
  • 2 (03:48) **Only Two Ways Out: Growth vs. Inflation** - Bilyeu lays out the two politically viable paths for dealing with the $39 trillion debt.
  • 3 (05:31) **The AI Growth Strategy & The Iran Problem** - Explains why the AI growth strategy is now less likely to work in the short term.
  • 4 (08:29) **Why Inflation Is the Only Viable Option** - Bilyeu argues that with growth shaky and budget cuts politically impossible, inflating away the debt is the only remaining path.
  • 5 (11:08) **Part 2: The Data Manipulation Strategy** - Warsh plans to change how inflation is measured to create a cover story for rate cuts.
  • 6 (17:30) **The Trimmed Mean PCE Problem** - Detailed critique of the proposed new inflation metric.
  • 7 (19:16) **The Political Timing of the Data Change** - The new measurement regime is expected to be fully implemented by the end of the year, perfectly timed for the midterms.

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Guests on this episode

Kevin Warsh

Show Notes

Let’s get brutally honest, fam: the US government’s debt is so wild right now, you’d think it’s a plotline ripped out of Succession. This episode goes deep into the $39 trillion debt crisis and why there’s literally zero intention—or plan—to pay it back the traditional way. We’re breaking down what the Fed, big banks, politicians, and those headline AI investments are really up to. It’s not what you think (and the way your future is tied to all this will blow your mind).

Whether you’re a finance junkie or suspicious about why your dollars don’t stretch like they used to, we’re peeking behind the curtain at the real mechanics behind national debt, inflation, and those “solutions” no one in power wants to talk about. Grab a notebook—you’re about to spot red flags before everyone else and save yourself from ending up on the wrong side of a financial cliff.


00:00 - Intro

02:17 - Part 1: Only Two Ways Out

09:36 - Part 2: Control What You Show Them To Control What They See

17:51 - Part 3: The Invisible Money Printer Go Brrrr


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