Personal spending in the US jumped 0.8% in July – the most since January 2023 and ahead of market expectations of a 0.7% increase. This increase reflects the US consumer’s resilience to inflation.
This begs the question, could the Federal Reserve have more room to tighten interest rates a little more to bring inflation closer to the central bank’s 2.0% target?
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