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With inflation back on the rise, keeping track of specific products for price changes can help give you a clearer picture of where things stand.
Tariffs pose rising inflation and rate cut risks for H2 2025 as CPI data hints at early price pressures in key goods. See why markets may be underpricing this threat.
Tariffs contributed modestly to the rise of inflation last month, analysts told ABC News, citing the price hikes in product categories made up primarily of imports. But, they added, overall price increases owed largely to a rise in housing and food products with little connection to tariffs.
It’s quiet ... a little too quiet,” writes Mark Haefele, chief investment officer of UBS Global Wealth Management.
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Tariffs may lower medium-term inflation risks, curb spending, says New Zealand central banker
A top New Zealand central banker said on Thursday that while the full impact of U.S. tariffs remains uncertain, they could ease medium-term inflation pressures in the country, although the tariffs might dampen business investment and household spending.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the consumer price index (CPI), a popular inflation gauge, increased in June to 2.7% on an annual basis as prices rose for consumers.
U.S. business activity picked up in July, but companies asked higher prices for goods and services, supporting economists' views that inflation will accelerate in the second half of the year mainly because of tariffs on imports.
Find out how experts are assessing the current and potential future impact of tariffs, and more — in our latest coverage from The National Observer.
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Irish Examiner on MSNECB leaves interest rates unchanged as it assesses impact of Trump tariffs
The bank’s governing council announced on Thursday at its headquarters in Frankfurt that it would leave its benchmark deposit rate at 2%.