Truflation News
Welcome to our macro update for Jan 12, 2026.
Today's inflation remains around 2% target for both our CPI and PCE indexes.
US CPI inflation today: 1.87%
— Truflation (@truflation) January 12, 2026
US PCE inflation today: 2.04%
We obtain US inflation data by aggregating over 35 million data points from over 70 data providers and merchants at the point of sale. Our inflation metrics have been below and around 2% since the end of December.… pic.twitter.com/bbyHHVuWzG
Tomorrow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is finally releasing the December 2025 headline inflation (CPI). We'll discuss our forecast and the numbers live on X spaces with James Bianco from Bianco Research and EJ. Antoni (PhD) from the Heritage Foundation.
Join us for BLS CPI inflation release spaces with esteemed guests @biancoresearch and @RealEJAntoni
— Truflation (@truflation) January 12, 2026
We'll share our BLS CPI forecast ahead of the release and discuss the data live as they come out. pic.twitter.com/6BNG7HMREs
Our paid subscribers already received our BLS CPI predictions, a day before the CPI release. Don't forget to take advantage of our Winter Sale discount of 26% on all Truflation Subscriptions, valid with the code HAPPY2026 till the end of January.
Truflation paid subscribers just received our forecast for tomorrow's official BLS CPI inflation release (for December 2025).
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Lots of interesting developments broke news Sunday night, Jan 11/Jan 12 2026.
- President Trump announced a potential 1-year 10% cap on credit card rates from January 20. No details yet on how that would be implemented, but the news already wiped $100B off the shares of major American Banks.
Trump's proposed 1-year 10% cap on credit card interest rates just erased $100B from the stock market, but it's promising to free up around $100B in annual consumer interest payments and boost disposable income for consumer spending.
— Truflation (@truflation) January 12, 2026
The move would curb the current ~20-30%… pic.twitter.com/0NiWyRYUD0
- The Chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, released a video statement about being subpoenaed by the DOJ.
🚨DOJ has served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas and is threatening a criminal indictment against Chair Jerome Powell.
— Truflation (@truflation) January 12, 2026
Jerome Powell called it a part of a political pressure campaign over the interest rate policies:
"This new threat of criminal charges is a… https://t.co/L8Q6EAwPfA
- Prices of Gold and Silver reached their new all time heights
Gold and Silver Extend to Fresh Record Highs
— Truflation (@truflation) January 12, 2026
Current spot prices (as of January 12, 2026):
- Gold: ~$4,630 per ounce
- Silver: ~$85 per ounce
Precious metals have surged to new all-time highs today, driven primarily by safe-haven amid reports of a federal investigation into… pic.twitter.com/LkrUt4Ydmn
Trending Indexes today:
Truflation US Inflation (CPI) back to 2% target
Total US Public Debt at $38 trillion and growing
The US Eggflation plummeting
Indexes to pay attention to:
Nickel Futures skyrocketing
EV Battery Components getting super expensive in our EV Index
