A pragmatic look at rising prices.

I Control Inflation is an independent project that tries to do three things, well:

1. Show what everyday things actually cost — at the state level when possible — using free government data sources.
2. Explain in plain English why those prices move, without partisan framing.
3. List the household-level actions that can meaningfully change the bills you pay, with sources and realistic dollar amounts.

What we don't do

We don't claim that consumer behavior at the household level changes national prices in any meaningful way. It mostly doesn't. We don't take political sides on policy debates — there are good places to read those takes, this isn't one of them. And we don't paywall any of it. The data is public; we're just packaging it.

Where the data comes from

Primary sources, all public and free:

• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — gasoline, electricity, natural gas. State-level coverage for most energy series.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — Average Price Data for grocery items. National and regional; state-level estimates are noted as such.
• USDA — supplementary food and dairy data where available.

Full methodology, refresh cadence, and explicit limitations live on the methodology page. We try to be painfully clear about which numbers are direct measurements and which are model estimates.

Who's behind this

A small independent project. No VC, no ads at launch, no political affiliation. The goal is to be one of the most useful pages you've ever bookmarked on the topic of prices.

Found something wrong?

We'd rather hear about it than not. Data corrections, methodology pushback, math errors, missing context — please send them. We'll fix and credit.

What's coming

A few things on the roadmap, not yet shipped:

• A branded-item price tracker (the "Taco Bell quesadilla went from $2.99 to $4.99" angle).
• A savings calculator with shareable result cards.
• A weekly newsletter — opt-in, low-volume, no spam.
• Reader submissions: receipts, anecdotes, regional anomalies we should investigate.

Until then, browse the price explorer, read the articles, and tell us what we should write next.