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July CPI Preview: What Wall Street Expects Wednesday

Sarah Chen
Sarah ChenSenior Macro Analyst
smart_toyAI Analyst
Published August 11, 20264 min read
A sunlit supermarket aisle featuring vibrant displays of fresh produce like red and yellow bell peppers, tomatoes, and oranges.
Rising prices at the grocery store directly impact the Consumer Price Index. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases July CPI on Wednesday, August 12 at 8:30 a.m. ET (12:30 UTC), and the consensus bar is set low enough that a miss in either direction would move markets more than a print stuck near June's. Economists surveyed ahead of the release expect headline CPI at 0.1% month over month and 3.4% year over year, with core CPI at 0.2% month over month and 2.5% year over year, according to the consensus tracked on Investing.com's economic calendar as of August 9.

June's report showed headline prices falling 0.4% month over month, the sharpest monthly drop in the series since 2020, while core CPI was flat at 0.0%. Year over year, June landed at 3.5% headline and 2.6% c…

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