Ben Meiselas (host)

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He's then asked on one of the morning shows about prices in the toy space that are going up because inflation is surging right now.

And his response is that inflation is a

composite number, and it's roughly the same every year.

And so there's actually no inflation right now.

What are you talking about?

What does that even mean?

We know inflation's rising right now.

We all go out there.

I just had a breakfast.

I mean, for those of you seeing the background, I just had breakfast.

I just had breakfast in Palm Springs.

I brought my wife, my niece, and my sister-in-law and my baby girl.

And we just had standard eggs, bacon, normal breakfast each.

The bill was $165 right now here.

Anyway, here, play this clip.

Well, the maker of Tonka Trucks, their CEO said it's going to cost 40 bucks for their

toys right now because of tariffs and inflation.

It was 30 bucks a year before that 25.

Prices in the toy space are accelerating and people are feeling that.

Well, Margaret, inflation is a composite number and it's roughly the same year over year.

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