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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Lauren Aratani

75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

a customer shops for produce
A customer shops for produce at a supermarket in Alhambra, California, on 10 September 2025. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Nine months after Donald Trump took office, promising to reduce prices on “day one”, a clear majority of Americans say their monthly costs have risen by between $100 and $749, according to an exclusive new poll conducted for the Guardian.

The president has continued to insist that there is “virtually no inflation”. “Prices are ‘WAY DOWN’ in the USA,” Trump wrote on social media in late August.

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