Inflation

Here is the good (sort of) news: When a manufacturer raises the MSRP on something you already own, the used market value of that gear just went up. Remember that next time you sell your gear. 

As Economics Prof would say, "inflation is neither good or bad; you need just enough and not too much."  BTW, inflation is managed through the Fed, not the WH (but that's already been pointed out). 

inflation is managed through the Fed

The Fed knows not what they do.  A topic for perhaps another forum.

Watch out.

Realistically, my guess is that in specific cases, it is due to supply chain issues. They can be cumulative - a delay (or a price increase) in a primary component affects everything that went after it in the chain. 

Especially sensitive products would be those where there are specific proprietary components being delayed. That is, there is no substitute for them.

When the AKM DAC chip factory went poof, there were available other established DAC chip makers and DAC manufacturers adapted. 

In the meantime though, apparently the prices of remaining AKM chips skyrocketed.