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That is the ultimate question at the fomc and all the central banks around about asking themselves, has it peaked? a lot of the inflation decreases have come about because supply chain to become restored around the world and consumers are able to get the kind of stuff they want to buy but one of the things defence is concerned with, even though the headlines numbers are down to 3%, way down from nine, the core rate of inflation, excluding the bulk of it energy component is still pretty high, now...

Because if he pours money into the market in that way it will stoke inflation and that will lead to further increases in interest rates, the fundamental probable that the problem with housing market at the moment is high mortgage rates. we saw earlier this week that the two—year rate tipped over 6% and that is feeding through not just into the owner occupier market but also the rental market, where rents are soaring. market, where rents are soaring-— market, where rents are soarinu. . soarin...

Decision to raise interest rates. youve got the september pce, the personal consumption expenditures price index of 0.3% from august to september that matches the prior months growth. year over year up 6.2%. you can see that, again, is exactly what it was the month before. so 6.2% for consumer inflation. those are still numbers that are running pretty hot and uncomfortable. the fed is trying to get inflation so its not entrenched. we look at the core rate, year over year core rate, a little bit ...

Leaving a still-confusing picture about whether the u.s. economy can avoid a recession, what do we know? well, retail sales were flat from august to september as inflation took a toll on the american consumer. sales on everything from food to autoparts saw little or no change in september. the retail sales numbers are not adjusted for inflation so americans spent the same dollars for fewer goods. inflation is still a daily burden on american households. consumer households rose from august to se...

So, what will the inflation numbers be like today? it’s so, what will the inflation numbers be like today? its an interesting _ numbers be like today? its an interesting combination - numbers be like today? its an interesting combination on - numbers be like today? its an| interesting combination on one hand energy prices which have come down quite quickly here, that should rest headline but it still will be arise 8% or so year on year the thing to watch is what we call the core inflation whic...

Or .4% is much hotter than expected. and the government is saying the shelter, food, and medical care are the reasons why these -- this inflation rate went up. when you strip out food and energy and you look at the month over month increase, the core rate, it was still hot at .6%. so from last month to this month up .6 p% in prices:this is why e fed is so aggressive in interest rates. we know that officials will worry that he have been raising interest rates and the numbers are still too high. i...

Second straight quarter where the economy has contracted. wall street is focused on whats happening in jackson hole, wyoming, where the fed is holding its annual summit. all eyes are on chair jerome powell, what he will say about interest rates, where the economy is headed and any plans the fed has to cool down inflation without causing a recession. economics reporter steve liesman is there in wyoming. with us ron insana, senior analyst and commentator and adviser to schroeder and a. help us mak...

Cnn and cnn.com. and dont forget to downlooted "5 things" podcast every morning, go to cnn.com/5things. you can also find it wherever you get your podcasts. all right, just in, the july retail sales report. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans here with the numbers. >> hi, guys. s pi another piece of the puzzle on the economy. retail sales in july did not grow from june. they were essentially flat here and the reason, gasoline prices fell pretty sharply in the month, so thats refl...

You saw car sales, auto sales fall a little bit here. but when you strip out autos and gasoline, you had a stronger core rate of inflation -- core rate of retail sales than many people had expected. year over year, sales up 10.3%. so when you dig into this number a little bit, youre still seeing signs of a resilient consumer. it is so interesting, especially that gas price number was really a relief for so many families. thats kind of a game changer here. when you talk to economists, many are sa...

Over a year ago. neil: you know whats interesting too, and i talked to jared bernstein week, economic adviser to the president, and they said that is not appreciate here, those gas prices that have been rising over the last 29 days, and that trend will be better reflected many future data. but im reminded that the core rate which factors out food and energy, that was sill up almost 6%, that, too, a near 40-year high. crickets in response. what do you think? >> well, and they are dropping, to you...