Inflation Gauge Ties Biggest Jump Since Early ’90s

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An inflation measure that the Federal Reserve uses to set policy rose 3.6% in July from a year ago, meeting Wall Street expectations but also tying the highest level in about 30 years.

The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which the Fed sees as the broadest measure of inflation, was unchanged from June, which was revised up one-tenth of a percentage point, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

That 3.6% reading equaled the Dow Jones estimate and appeared to be the highest level since May 1991.

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