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Inflation Ticks Up, But the Labor Market Matters More Now

The end result is that a Fed interest-rate cut looks likely. Plus: The disarray at the CDC.

A supermarket in Alhambra, California.

Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Economy watchers long had today’s inflation data release circled on their calendars. But, as Enda Curran writes, a different number announced this morning might be more consequential. Plus: The chaos at the CDC is intensifying, and how fish DNA became a beauty sensation.

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