The 'Worst Inflation in History' Already Has a Record Holder: 1920.

The claim that the prior administration brought 'the worst inflation in the history of our country' is false. US consumer prices peaked at a 9.1 percent annual rate in June 2022, the highest since November 1981 but far below the actual record of 23.7 percent in the year ending June 1920; inflation was about 3 percent at the January 2025 handoff. Marcus rates it False.