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Her dismissal was “an attack on the independence of an institution arguably as important as the Federal Reserve for economic stability,” according to Erika McEntarfer.

The continued rise in chronic and high-cost conditions remains a primary driver of escalating medical costs in the United States.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to reduce interest rates at this week’s meeting, but that won’t necessarily set the U.S. on a smooth glide path to significantly lower rates.

The CPI rose 0.4% in August, the most since the start of the year, but Fed officials are still likely to cut interest rates next week.

Most of the decline in services prices is attributable to a 3.9% drop in margins for machinery and vehicle wholesaling, while finished consumer goods excluding food and energy rose at the fastest pace since February.

The BLS adjustment indicates that the labor market slowdown in recent months followed an extended period of moderate job growth, which may lay the groundwork for a series of interest rate cuts beginning next week.