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Inflation Is 3.4%. It Is Also 25%. Both Numbers Are From the Same Report.

The headline inflation rate averages categories moving 46 times faster than each other. Airline fares are up 25.6% and education is up 0.6% — in the same month, from the same BLS release.

Sujit Karki·Sep 7, 2026·5 min read

Market Analysis

How Much Do Tariffs Actually Cost Your Household in 2026?

Yale Budget Lab's tariff tracker moved from about $570 to roughly $1,100 per household this year as policy shifted. Here's what's driving the number, and why it keeps changing.

Sujit Karki·Jul 31, 2026·8 min read

Personal Finance

Why Are Flights So Expensive in 2026? The Real Numbers Behind the Sticker Shock

BLS data shows airfares up 26.5% year-over-year as of June 2026, while the Travel Price Index shows +8.1%. Both are real — here's what each number actually measures and what to do about it.

Sujit Karki·Jul 31, 2026·8 min read

Personal Finance

Why Your Electric Bill Keeps Climbing in 2026 — and How Much of It Is AI

Residential electricity prices are set to average 18.2 cents per kWh in 2026, and data centers are part of the story. Here's what's really driving your bill, what's AI, what isn't, and how to estimate your own increase.

Sujit Karki·Jul 24, 2026·4 min read

Personal Finance

The 2027 Social Security COLA, Computed From the Actual CPI-W Data — Not Forecast

July's real CPI-W print is in, and it puts the 2027 COLA near 3.1%, below the 3.6%–3.8% summer forecasts. Here's the SSA's own formula run on published data, back-tested against the 2026 COLA it already announced.

Sujit Karki·Jul 23, 2026·6 min read