US inflation holds steady in July despite import tariffs

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  and welcome to Business Matters.

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  I'm Roger Hearing.

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  On the programme today,

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  inflation in the US doesn't seem to be rising by as much as feared, at least not yet.

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  Also today, the problem with having too much renewable energy.

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  In Cuba, the partial dollarisation of the economy sends their own peso currency tumbling.

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  And why horror movies are thriving at the box office.

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  And I'll be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world.

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  Saima Islam, journalist for The Daily Star, joining us on the line from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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  Saima, I'll say a very good morning to you.

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  Hello.

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  Hi. Good morning.

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  Good to have you with us.

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  And on the other side of the world, Andy Euler,

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  Energy Journalism Fellow at the University of Texas, who's joining us on the line from Austin.

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  So, Andy, I'll say a very good evening to you.

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  Good evening, Roger.

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  How are you doing?

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  Good, thanks, and good to have you both with us.

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  Now, Zima, I know you've got a bit of a cough, I've been told,

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