← Atlas Theme · spans 1 topics
The gasoline pump now writes both the inflation headline and the retail beat.
A 9.1% gasoline surge supplied more than half of September's CPI increase, and service-station receipts delivered nearly all of the retail-sales beat while the core control group grew just 0.1% — topline economic data now moves at the pump's pace, not the paycheck's.
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The Economy
September CPI: Headline Jumps to 3.7% y/y on a 9.1% Gasoline Spike — Core Picks Up to 2.6% as Pressure Broadens Past Energy, and Real Wages Fall for a Second Straight Month More than half of the headline inflation print came from the pump — topline CPI now moves at gasoline's pace.
The Economy
September Retail Sales: The +0.8% Beat Was the Gas Pump — Core Control Slows to +0.1% After August's +1.2% Surge, and Q4 Momentum Fades Service-station receipts delivered the entire retail beat while the GDP-mapped core barely grew, confirming the pump writes the spending data.