Inflation Held Steady in August, Pushing the Fed Towards a Rate Hike

P.M. Edition for Sept. 11. New data from the Labor Department show that inflation held steady (wsj.com/economy/cpi-inflation-report-august-20…) at 3.4% last month. As Journal economics reporter Justin Lahart (wsj.com/news/author/justin-lahart?mod=WSJ_WNPOD) explains, that puts pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates at its meeting next week. Plus, Anthropic found that Iran used the company’s AI tools (wsj.com/politics/national-security/anthropic-s…) to target U.S. forces in the Middle East. And on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 (wsj.com/us-news/a-nation-remembers-25-years-af…) terrorist attacks, we look at how travel security measures have changed with reporter Alison Sider (wsj.com/news/author/alison-sider?mod=WSJ_WNPOD). Alex Ossola hosts.

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