US Consumer Price Inflation Slows In July, Real Wages Continue To Tumble

While economists expected another modest rise in inflation on a MoM basis (if far below the 1.3% surge in June), the headline US Consumer Price Inflation was expected to slow from +9.1% YoY to +8.7% YoY in July, but it actually slowed significantly more than expected to +8.5% Yoy (flat MoM), ending a 16-month streak of MoM gains. .but Shelter costs continued to rise (+0.5% MoM)… The shelter index continued to rise but did post a smaller increase