{
  "id": 3530138,
  "title": "Modest Inflation, Soft Spending Support Fed Hold",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/modest-inflation-soft-spending-support-fed-hold",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-26T15:03:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-26/modest-inflation-soft-spending-support-fed-hold-video"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "July’s personal income and outlays report indicates the underlying pace of inflation increased relatively modestly. Real spending also came in soft. The weakness was exaggerated by temporary factors such as the earlier-than-usual Amazon Prime Day, but the concentration of spending in essentials suggests the underlying pace of spending has decelerated. Michael Ball, Macro Strategist with Bloomberg…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}