Entity

Inflation

The rate at which prices rise across an economy; central banks steer it with interest rates.

As of 22 Oct 2026Last evidence 22 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Statistics Canada set to release September inflation figures

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Iran stalling on deal with US to hurt Trump politically ahead of midterms, Iranian officials say

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • Global food inflation is expected to intensify as supply shocks pile up

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Bitcoin’s $100,000 year-end hope divides analysts as inflation clouds outlook

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • High global energy prices may hurt inflation outlook, Bank of Canada governor says

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

All 14 events and claims involving Inflation

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 285 mentions on 21 Oct 2026, against 251 on 29 Sept 2026 (+14%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from watch to flagged on 21 Oct 2026 (10 changes recorded since 11 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 21 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will inflation reach more than 5% in 2026?” moved from 9% to 8% Yes since 6 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

6,416 documents · 490 publishers · 17% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 22 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.172: about 83% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 4 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Inflation

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

OilAIIranTreasuryFederal ReserveMiddle EastTrump
  • Interest Rates · 2,311 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Oil · 2,192 shared documents
  • AI · 1,659 shared documents
  • Iran · 1,578 shared documents
  • Treasury · 1,530 shared documents
  • Federal Reserve · 1,465 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 1,265 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Middle East · 1,232 shared documents
  • Trump · 1,197 shared documents
  • CPI · 1,137 shared documents · no page of its own yet

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 285 mentions on 21 Oct 2026 with 251 on 29 Sept 2026 (+14%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +714% from 6 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026, between 31 and 403 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Inflation, day by day.

Market price, cited

8% Yes

priced 22 Oct 2026 · relation: subject of the question

the market: 9% → 8% Yes (-1pts, from 6 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026)

on “Will inflation reach more than 5% in 2026?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Inflation

“Will inflation reach more than 5% in 2026?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Inflation

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Statistics Canada set to release September inflation figures

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    single source

  • Iran stalling on deal with US to hurt Trump politically ahead of midterms, Iranian officials say

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Global food inflation is expected to intensify as supply shocks pile up

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Bitcoin’s $100,000 year-end hope divides analysts as inflation clouds outlook

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • High global energy prices may hurt inflation outlook, Bank of Canada governor says

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Bank of Canada’s Macklem expects higher inflation outlook as oil prices remain elevated

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    single source

  • Economic indicator: inflation

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 16 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Fed Chair Kevin Warsh warns of AI 'shock' for economy, pledges to contain inflation - ABC News

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Bank of Japan chief ‘can’t tolerate’ underlying inflation further over 2%

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • (LEAD) Seoul stocks open sharply lower on lingering concerns over AI, U.S. inflation

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Crypto Price Today: Bitcoin and Ethereum Recover Modestly After Inflation-Driven Dip

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Tech market sell-off deepens amid fears over US inflation and AI debt

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • IMF flags energy price risks for India, warns prolonged Middle East conflict could fuel inflation

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 11 separate publishers

    single source

  • Economic indicator: congress & inflation

    Registered event · reported 6 Oct 2026 · no longer active · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

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Inflation

Entity.

Evidence
6,416 documents · 490 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 4 Apr 2026, last seen 22 Oct 2026
Measured
17% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
22 Oct 2026
26 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

Situations it is named in (4)

For machines: this record as JSON

Watch this

What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Inflation, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Other markets materially about Inflation

Markets whose question is about Inflation or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Inflation and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

  • 21 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 21 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 20 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

  • 20 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 19 Oct 2026

  • 19 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 17 Oct 2026

  • 19 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady

    Previous state held since 17 Oct 2026

  • 17 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 16 Oct 2026

  • 17 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 16 Oct 2026

10 changes recorded since 11 Oct 2026; the newest 8 shown, newest first.

Ask about InflationWatch Inflation

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 22 Oct 2026.