How Stagflation Is Reshaping the Used Car Market

Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo: High Inflation, Slow Growth, and 1970s Echoes · May 30, 2026 · 8m · transcript

In this episode of Stagflation Conversations with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how persistent high inflation and sluggish growth are transforming the used car market. With April's core CPI at 3.3% and the unemployment rate holding at 4.3%, the hosts dive into why wholesale used car prices have been falling while retail prices stay stubbornly high. They examine how rising interest rates are crushing dealer financing margins, how consumers are shifting to cheaper models, and how the once-hot pandemic-era used car boom is unwinding. Lucas traces the arc from 2021's chip shortage to…