(WED 8/10/22)

Inflation rate is 8.5% … The Consumer Price Index was unchanged in July, after a 1.3% increase in June, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports. The annual rate fell slightly to 8.5% from a record 9.1% the previous month. 

Gasoline prices fell 7.7%, while all energy was down 4.6%, the BLS says. Food was up 1.1% and food at home was up 1.3%, leaving the monthly inflation rate for all items except food and energy at 0.3%.

AAA gas prices: The national average is $4.01 per gallon as of Wednesday, AAA reports, down from a record average of $5.016 per gallon on June 14.

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