The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.9% year-on-year in August. This was the highest reading in almost eight months. Although traders have little doubt that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut rates at its next meeting in September, rising prices may raise questions about how aggressively the Fed will act in the coming months, MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/cpi-report-threatens-to-reset-fed-rate-cut-plans-as-market-focuses-on-inflation-data/card/inflation-pops-again-in-august-cpi-shows-but-probably-not-enough-to-derail-fed-rate-cut-3OZSeWZ8MrXlRw2wG1xg">writes</a>.

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The corporate reporting season on Wall Street is gradually coming to an end, and this week traders will focus on the US inflation data for July (Consumer Price Index, CPI). According to the forecast of UBS senior economist Alan Detmeister, they will reflect the impact of duties on price growth in the world's largest economy and will start a multi-month upward inflationary trend, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inflation-in-focus-as-fed-rate-cut-debate-heats-up-what-to-watch-this-week-114004763.html#:~:text=UBS%20senior%20economist%20Alan%20Detmeister%20wrote%20in%20a%20note%20to%20clients%20that%20tariffs%20are%20driving%20the%20acceleration%20in%20inflation%20and%20July%27s%20data%20will%20bring%20the%20start%20of%20a%20several%2Dmonth%20uptrend.%20Detmeister%20projects%20core%20CPI%20will%20move%20from%202.9%25%20in%20June%20up%20to%203.5%25%20by%20the%20end%20of%20the%20year.">writes</a> Yahoo Finance. Detmeister warned that core CPI, which excludes highly volatile food and energy prices, could rise at an annualized rate from 2.9% in June to 3.5% by the end of 2025.

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