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Trump’s war in Iran has driven prices through the roof and today’s PPI reading shows there is no end in sight.
Today, the Senate voted to confirm Kevin Warsh as Chair of the Board of the Federal Reserve, elevating a Wall Street insider loyal to President Trump at a critical moment in the U.S. economy.
Lindsay Owens writes: For more than a century, the price tag has set the rules of the marketplace: the same publicly posted price for every product, for everyone. That transparency ensures predictability and fairness for buyers and sellers alike. But today, those rules are being upended by new algorithmic pricing tools, and working families are paying the price.
Rising gas, grocery, travel prices squeeze working families heading into summer vacation.
Groundwork Collaborative told Axios that flower prices are up 16% from a year ago, adding roughly $441 million in additional spending this Mother's Day season, driven in part by tariffs on imported flowers and higher air-freight costs.
“Spirit is, in many ways, emblematic of what most Americans are feeling right now – which is a real gut punch around increasing energy costs and gas prices in particular,” said Lindsay Owens, the executive director of Groundwork Collaborative, a left-leaning economic thinktank. “We’re all Spirit Airlines, when it comes to feeling really distressed and worried about high gas prices.”
Wages grew by just 0.2%, likely falling behind inflation as Iran war fuels price hikes.
Veteran oversight attorney Molly Claflin will lead Groundwork’s efforts to expose the corporate crimes, economic abuses, and rampant corruption that have raised prices and hurt working families.
For the fourth year in a row, Groundwork’s Executive Director Lindsay Owens has been named to Washingtonian magazine’s list of the “500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy” in Washington, DC.
Owens has called out Republicans for threatening to raise healthcare costs amid the government shutdown and has urged leaders to protect affordable coverage rather than drive prices higher.