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3. "Fed officials have also had to take into account elevated levels of inflation in recent weeks."
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 05:27 PM
Sep 17
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-sp-500-nasdaq-slip-as-federal-reserve-ushers-in-first-rate-cut-of-2025-200042050.html
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said during a press conference that the Fed decision was a "risk management cut" as the labor market has been deteriorating against a backdrop of elevated inflation.

. . . Fed officials have also had to take into account elevated levels of inflation in recent weeks. --


Yeah no kidding

The CPI rise averaged 3.5% over the past 3 months on an annualized basis (core CPI: 3.6%)
The August one month increase annualized is: CPI: 4.7%, (core CPI: 4.2%)



More from where the graphs came from: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143528031#post12

Yes Virginia, we have a rising inflation problem. It's not May anymore.

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