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September CPI Is Due Wednesday, and Forecasters Expect Headline Inflation Near 3.7 Per Cent. Core Is Expected at About 2.4 Per Cent.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will publish September consumer prices on Wednesday 14 October at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Forecasts put headline inflation at 3.6 to 3.7 per cent, up from 3.4 per cent in August, and core at 2.4 to 2.5 per cent. Nothing has been published yet; these are forecasts.

By Daniel Okafor · 3 hours ago

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Staying to Keep the Oil and Ending the War Soon Are Two Different Plans

Speaking at his golf resort in Ireland on Sunday, President Trump said the US would ultimately leave Iran "unless we decide to stay and keep the oil like Venezuela," and that gasoline prices would "drop like a rock" when the war ends. The two statements point in opposite directions. One describes a withdrawal. The other describes an occupation of the world's most contested oil infrastructure.

By Daniel Okafor · September 14, 2026