“END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN”

Where it stands

The consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) rose 3.7% in the 12 months to September 2026 (BLS, 14 October 2026), against 3.0% in the 12 months to January 2025. The words set no figure; the Federal Reserve's longer-run goal is inflation of 2% a year, measured by a different index (PCE).

What has happened

1. 15 July 2024Promised. Delegates at the Republican National Convention adopt the 2024 platform, which opens with twenty promises
2. 20 January 2025In plan. A presidential memorandum directs all executive departments and agencies to deliver emergency price relief, including on housing, health care, food and fuel, and to report every 30 days evidence
3. 14 November 2025In plan. Executive Order 14360 removes certain agricultural products from the reciprocal tariffs, from 13 November 2025 evidence
4. 13 March 2026In plan. Executive Order 14394 directs agencies to revise wetland, stormwater, permitting and energy-code rules to lower the cost of building homes evidence
5. 26 August 2026In plan. Proclamation 11059 raises the 2026 tariff-rate quota for imported beef by 300,000 metric tons evidence
6. 5 October 2026In plan. Executive Order 14435 directs the Treasury to defer certain federal excise taxes on diesel fuel due from 5 October to 31 December 2026 evidence

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Related promises

• RepublicansSeal the border“SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION”Delivering1. Seal the borderCost not stated15 July 2024Open the promise →
• RepublicansLargest deportation operation in American history“CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY”Delivering2. DeportationsCost not stated15 July 2024Open the promise →
• RepublicansMake America the dominant energy producer“MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!”Delivering4. Energy productionCost not stated15 July 2024Open the promise →

Every promise in 3. Inflation and prices