The Latest Breaking News from Inflation

“Inflation is slowing, and doing so across a broader range of goods and services,” said Julia Pollak, ZipRecruiter’s chief economist.

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Zimbabwe is facing a host of pressing challenges that voters dearly want the next president to address. Persistently high inflation, elevated interest rates, and a slumping and volatile Zimbabwe dollar have combined to fuel a cost of living crisis for households and battered business activity.

The figure was higher than last month’s 3.0%, but still well below the peak of 9.1% reached in June 2022

Consumer prices rose 3.2% in July from a year ago, up slightly from the 3% annual rise see in June — but still within analyst expectations

Rail commuters will be looking nervously at the announcement of July’s inflation figure next Wednesday. That’s because they know that the annual rail fares increase to be imposed in January is usually linked to that month’s RPI.

Commuters feel the squeeze as they face hefty rail fare increases – even as inflation falls

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are up +0.55%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU23) are up +0.62% this morning as market participants geared up for the hotly anticipated U.S. consumer inflation report for cues on the Federal Reserve’s future actions.