Last updated Nov 29, 2025
Prediction
Chamath
economy
Over the 3–5 months following late June 2022 (approximately July–November 2022), U.S. CPI inflation prints will remain very high, in the roughly 7–9% year-over-year range.
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Explanation

From June 2022’s peak of 9.1% year-over-year CPI inflation, the subsequent U.S. CPI prints for the next five months were:

  • July 2022: 8.5%
  • August 2022: 8.3%
  • September 2022: 8.2%
  • October 2022: 7.7%
  • November 2022: 7.1%

These values, taken from BLS-based monthly inflation summaries, all fall within the 7–9% range during the roughly 3–5 months after late June 2022. (statistico.com)

Since Chamath predicted that the next 3–5 CPI prints would be “very, very bad” in the 7–9% range, and the July–November 2022 CPI year-over-year rates indeed stayed between about 7% and 9%, the prediction was right.