Consumer inflation heated up in August — accelerating slightly from a month earlier although not enough to discourage bets that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates next week. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9% in August compared to the previous year, speeding up from 2.7% in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday.It jumped 0.4% from the previous month, above expectations of a 0.3% increase.On a core basis, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, the CPI rose 3.1% over t ...

The PPI report time for August 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Cassandra’s curse. Analysts expect CPI and PPI to be hot, and institutions could unload their bags onto retail in the aftermath. It will be a brief but brutal drop that will shake off a lot of weak hands. Here’s what to know: DISCOVER: 20+ Next Crypto to Explode in 2025 PPI Report Time: Will Inflation Be a Dealbreaker for Fed Cuts? The most impactful releases this week will be the ...

This morning, we saw likely the most consequential series of data for today’s stock market: the Producer Price Index (PPI) for August, the wholesale level of inflation tracked within the U.S. economy. Both headline and core month-over-month PPI came in at -0.1% — a major cool-down from what we feared was heating up in July. Expectations for both were +0.3%.Further, revisions to the prior month came down in tandem: from +0.9% posted on both headline and core PPI month over month to +0.7% on the revision. Thi ...