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Cooling July Inflation Sets Stage for Fed's September Rate Cut
Cooling July Inflation Sets Stage for Fed’s September Rate Cut
Data marks the first time the CPI edges firmly below 3% since early 2021
By Sam Goldfarb and Nick Timiraos
sam.goldfarb@wsj.com
https://twitter.com/NickTimiraos
Nick.Timiraos@wsj.com
Updated Aug. 14, 2024 4:30 pm ET
The consumer-price index rose 2.9% in July from a year earlier, the Labor Department said. Photo: Richard B. Levine/Zuma Press
Inflation extended a run of cooler readings in July, sealing the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its meeting next month.
The consumer-price index rose 2.9% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, the lowest reading since 2021 and slightly below economists’ expectations of 3%. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy items, was 3.2%, also a three-year low.
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Data marks the first time the CPI edges firmly below 3% since early 2021
By Sam Goldfarb and Nick Timiraos
sam.goldfarb@wsj.com
https://twitter.com/NickTimiraos
Nick.Timiraos@wsj.com
Updated Aug. 14, 2024 4:30 pm ET
The consumer-price index rose 2.9% in July from a year earlier, the Labor Department said. Photo: Richard B. Levine/Zuma Press
Inflation extended a run of cooler readings in July, sealing the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its meeting next month.
The consumer-price index rose 2.9% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, the lowest reading since 2021 and slightly below economists’ expectations of 3%. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy items, was 3.2%, also a three-year low.
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CORE CPI through July that came out 8/14/24
CORE CPI (seasonally adjusted) http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0L1E
BLS CPI news release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
The Regular aka Headline CPI through July that came out 8/14/24 (CPI=Consumer Price Index)
Regular CPI (seasonally adjusted) https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0
BLS CPI news release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
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Other inflation graphs and summary table: Producer Price Index, Personal Consumptions Expenditures Inflation Index, as well as a couple more CPI series
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3290333
CORE CPI (seasonally adjusted) http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0L1E
BLS CPI news release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
The Regular aka Headline CPI through July that came out 8/14/24 (CPI=Consumer Price Index)
Regular CPI (seasonally adjusted) https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0
BLS CPI news release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
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Other inflation graphs and summary table: Producer Price Index, Personal Consumptions Expenditures Inflation Index, as well as a couple more CPI series
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3290333