The CPI fell in June. Great! But the Fed wants confirmation from its favorite inflation gauge.
The first decline in consumer prices in four years is just an hors d’oeuvre for the Federal Reserve. Its appetite to cut U.S. interest rates won’t be fully sated until the Fed gets more weak readings in its preferred inflation gauge.
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