The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge remained stubbornly high in August – but not enough to dash hopes for an interest rate cut at next month’s meeting.Personal consumption expenditures inflation rose 2.7% in August over the past 12 months, heating up from 2.6% in July as expected, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Friday. Core PCE – which excludes volatile food and energy prices – remained stuck at 2.9%, the same rate as the month before, according to the report.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome P ...