this inflation United States of America fell again in augustsecond consecutive month and determined its annual rate as 8.3%That’s two-tenths less than in July, according to data released this Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Compared to the previous month, consumer prices rose by a tenthAfter being stable in July.
pricesjoyful foods It continued to increase by 0.8% monthly in Augustand overall energy prices fell 5%.
this Core inflationMeasuring the rise in consumer prices excluding food and energy, the most volatile, it rose 0.6% in August and the annual rate was 6.3%, up four-tenths from July.
This second continuous decline in the inflation rate, which reached the highest figure in forty years in June, It brings a new breath to the US economy, At the end of July, it entered what experts see as a technical recession, chaining a two-quarter decline in gross domestic product (GDP).
However, a diagnosis not shared by the US government,He does not believe that the country is in a recession scenario, given the soundness of its economic situation. economy, Especially from the labor market, which was 3.7 percent in August with an unemployment rate that was two-tenths higher than in July.
Neverthelesshigh inflation remains the main concern of the Joe Biden government and also the Federal Reserve, On July 27, he said he was raising interest rates again, which is currently between 2.25% and 2.5%.
this september will probably announce a new increase to control prices, although this is conditioned on the evolution of the economic data of first world power.