Constance Hunter, Chief Economist & Head of Research at Economist Enterprise, breaks down today's CPI report with Bloomberg's Tom Keene and Damian Sassower. The consumer price index, excluding food and energy, rose 0.3% from a month earlier, topping estimates for a third straight month. The report suggests price pressures continued to build just ahead of this month’s midterm elections, when Democrats retook both chambers of Congress following campaigns largely focused on the cost of living.
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