Justin Lahart
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3 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 11 Sep
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WSJ What’s News · Inflation Held Steady in August, Pushing the Fed Towards a Rate Hike · 11 Sep 2026
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Well, I mean the biggest thing is just energy prices.
With the war in Iran, we've seen gasoline prices shoot up.
If you drove down the highway today, you would see diesel prices above six bucks, which is a new record.
There may still be some lagged effects from tariffs.
And then also the AI build out is pushing prices higher for some goods, with particular things that have like DRAM memory.
You know, we saw this week that Apple came out with their new phone that's gonna cost $1,999.
And we know that that price was boosted by these memory costs.
You know, it's not what the Fed wanted to see this year.
They're pretty certain at this point something could happen over the weekend, I suppose.
But you know, it could be concerning if they didn't raise rates.
People will be wondering what happens if inflation stays elevated.
It's very hard to raise rates at the October meeting since it comes right before the midterm elections, waiting around until December, you know, and then maybe having a worse inflation situation.
That is not a
a good look for the Fed, especially at a time when there's concerns that the Fed is being politicized.
They really want to show their independence.
And and frankly, it's most people think they should hike.
Yeah, a lot of it comes down to that.
What is gonna happen with energy prices in particular?
Are we gonna see any sort of cooling of what's going on in the Middle East?
Are we gonna see any sort of decline in energy prices?
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