The Fed calls job growth 'pretty stable' and says inflation is the 'topic of the moment' — like it's a policy seminar, not your family's kitchen table. Meanwhile the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts grocery prices up 3.2% year-over-year as of March 2026, on top of the 20%-plus run-up working folks already absorbed since 2021. The boardroom got the bailouts and the rate cuts. Main Street got the tab.