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What the latest CPI data means for the Federal Reserve & rate hikes
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Prices rose 0.1% month over month and 3.4% year over year in July, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey.
Core CPI — which excludes food and energy costs — rose 0.2% monthly and 2.5% yearly.
All numbers matched economists' estimates.
Yahoo Finance Fed Correspondent Jennifer Schonberger explains how the latest inflation reading could factor into the Federal Reserve's calculus going forward.