US inflation holds steady in July despite import tariffs
The latest figures indicate that US inflation holds at 2.7%, but underlying prices creep up.
US inflation held steady in July despite import tariffs, bolstering bets that the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates next month.
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Throughout the programme, Roger Hearing will be joined by two guests on opposite sides of the world 鈥� Andy Uhler is an Energy Journalism Fellow at the University of Texas, US, and Zyma Islam is a journalist for The Daily Star in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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