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Inflation ticked up in August, setting the stage for the Fed to hike interest rates

Inflation overall in August rose by 0.4% month over month to an annual rate of 3.4%, which was unchanged from July.

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Inflation ticked up in August, setting the stage for the Fed to hike interest rates
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Filed under Business · International · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Interest Rates (3), Inflation (16), Federal Reserve (2).

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