Investors suggest inflation peak as US CPI breaks five-month streak

CPI 5.4% year on year

James Baxter-Derrington
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Industry experts have suggested inflation may have peaked following the headline US Consumer Price Index printing 5.4% year on year for July, breaking a five-month streak of ever-increasing inflation.

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