If you've been paying attention to inflation headlines, you'd think things are still spiraling. But inflation has been below 3% for two years now...not exactly the crisis narrative we keep hearing. What's even more interesting is what happened over the past year. Tariffs were expected to push prices higher. Profit margins were expected to shrink. The economy was supposed to slow down. Almost none of it played out the way most people assumed it would. That pattern is worth understanding,...