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Coming up this week

Consumed with inflation… The August consumer-inflation report comes out Wednesday and investors are eager to see the #s. After Friday’s cool jobs report, the consumer-price index will be the last big piece of econ data before the Fed’s much-hyped rate decision next week. Traders are all but certain the Fed will trim rates this month — for the first time since March 2020. Now they’re wondering just how big the cut’ll be. In July, inflation fell to its lowest level in three years on an annual basis. If August prices come in cool, it could boost bets on a bigger cut.