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Consumer Prices (Aug.)

We doubt that the fall in CPI inflation in August will prevent the Fed from announcing a tapering of its asset purchases at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting tomorrow. Indeed, the risk of a period of very low core inflation has passed.

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