CPI report reveals inflation falls again, further from 40-year high
Food and rent costs rose again in August, a CPI report showed, offsetting lower gas prices and raising fears the Fed will keep sharply hiking rates.
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Food and rent costs rose again in August, a CPI report showed, offsetting lower gas prices and raising fears the Fed will keep sharply hiking rates.
Food and rent costs rose again in August, a CPI report showed, offsetting lower gas prices and raising fears the Fed will keep sharply hiking rates.
On balance, the report suggests an easing in the labor market more consistent with the weakening in economic activity.
With the slowdown in the US housing market seen in 2022, investors may be wondering whether a crash like the 2008 housing crash is coming.
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in June to its lowest level in six months as exports hit a record high, a trend that could see exports adding to gross domestic product in the third quarter after the economy contracted for two consecutive quarters this year, meeting the rule-of-thumb definition for a recession.