08/19/2024

Inflation is Going Down

Here's why prices aren't

The annual inflation rate has cooled, new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on Wednesday.

The July consumer-price index shows an annual inflation rate of 2.9 percent, slightly below expectations and the smallest increase since March 2021. The slowing inflation rate may be a welcome change for American consumers feeling the pinch from fast-rising prices over the last few years— but experts say it’s unlikely to cause a drop in grocery store prices.

"If inflation goes down, it means that the rate at which prices increase is slowing down, but it generally is not going to mean that prices are going down," said William Hauk, associate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of South Carolina.

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