News flash Analysing August’s US inflation data

Analysing August’s US inflation data

Global equity markets dropped dramatically on Tuesday, following the release of the US inflation numbers for August. The 12-month inflation number came in at 8.3% (against the median estimate of 8.1%), easing from July’s annual rate of 8.5%. At first glance, these seemingly small movements in the numbers should not have caused the S&P 500…