Follow along to MarketWatch's coverage of the consumer price index data due to be released by the Labor Department.

U.S. stock futures were pointing to losses at the open as traders await the release of inflation data and digest the debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 113 points,

A fresh readout on consumer prices will be one of the last big data releases before next week's Federal Reserve meeting, at which policy makers are likely to make the first in a series of rate cuts. A surprisingly weak reading would bolster the case for the Fed to move faster in easing policy,

How big a pair of scissors will the Fed take to interest rates? It’s a big topic as investors await inflation data due Wednesday.

Forecasters expect a monthly report on US consumer prices to show another month of muted increases, possibly playing into a Federal Reserve debate over how much to cut interest rates.

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Inflation in the United States may have hit a three-year low in August, underscoring that the rate of price increases is falling back to pre-pandemic levels and clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to start cutting its key interest rate next week.

The headline U.S. Consumer Price Index for August, due out on Wednesday, is primed for another soft reading – helped by a decline in gasoline prices during the