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Friday, March 20 — The Exit
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Thursday, March 19 — A History Lesson
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Wednesday, March 18 — Your Money This Week
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Tuesday, March 17 — Behind the Curtain
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Monday, March 16 — What You're Seeing
You grab a candy bar at checkout. Same one you've been buying for years. The price tag makes you pause, not because you can't afford it, but because you remember when it cost half this much. The cashier shrugs. Everything's going up.
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Friday, March 13 — The Exit
Your paycheck hits the account, but it covers fewer groceries than it used to.
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Thursday, March 12 — A History Lesson
You saw the price of everything jump over the past few years and you heard the word "transitory" repeated like a prayer. Then the prices stayed. Your grocery bill didn't come back down. Your rent didn't reset. The Fed called it a temporary shock, but your bank account called it permanent damage.
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Your electricity bill stole $76 more this year than inflation admits
Your electric bill took $76 more this year than the government's inflation number admits. The average US household uses 877 kilowatt-hours a month. Electricity prices rose 4.8% year-over-year. That's $6.37 a month slipping out quietly while CPI claims just 2.4% overall inflation. The gap between wha
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You're paying 48 cents more per gallon while they pretend inflation is under control
You paid 48 cents more per gallon this week than last. Oil hit $119 yesterday — the first time it crossed $100 since July 2022 — then crashed to $77 today after President Trump said the war could end "quickly." The Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries 20% of the world's oil, saw ship traffic dro
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Your paycheck just lost the inflation war: Iran closed 20% of global oil and gas spiked 14%
You filled your tank this week and the pump didn't stop at $60. It didn't stop at $80. For the first time since 2024, gasoline spiked 14% in seven days — not because demand surged, but because Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and 20 million barrels per day are now stranded at sea. That's 20% of the
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Your gas jumped 20 cents while they spent $891 million daily on a war you didn't budget for
You paid an extra twenty cents per gallon this week and most people think it's just normal fluctuation. It's not. Brent crude hit $90/barrel as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz—which handles a fifth of the world's oil—ground to a near-total halt on day seven of Operation Epic Fury. The war is c
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Your gas station can't post prices while 20% of the world's oil sits trapped
The Debase Brief Friday, March 06, 2026 Salaried Worker Lens BTC $69,031 -4.8% Gold $5,110 -0.3% CPI (YoY) 2.4% ↓ 0.3pp M2 $$22.44T +4.29% YoY Debase Score 1.7% Your dollar is losing purchasing power 1.7% faster than CPI admits. M2 growth