Inflation Held Steady in August, Pushing the Fed Towards a Rate Hike

8月份通胀保持稳定,推动美联储倾向于加息

WSJ What’s News

2026-09-12

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P.M. Edition for Sept. 11. New data from the Labor Department show that inflation held steady at 3.4% last month. As Journal economics reporter Justin Lahart explains, that puts pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates at its meeting next week. Plus, Anthropic found that Iran used the company’s AI tools to target U.S. forces in the Middle East. And on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, we look at how travel security measures have changed with reporter Alison Sider. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • The latest data show inflation stayed high last month, putting pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates next week.

  • Plus, 25 years after the September 11th terrorist attacks,

  • many of the security measures established in its aftermath are still with us.

  • They really wanted to standardize security at airports, make it a government's function.

  • And Anthropik says Iran used its AI to target American forces.

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  • I'm Alex Oseleff of The Wall Street Journal.