Market observers are divided over whether the Fed will impose its typical cut of a quarter of a percentage ... inflation and toward ensuring a healthy job market. Speaking at an annual gathering ...

Specifically, inflation fell to 1.1 percent in August from 1.3 percent in July ... The national consumer price index (CPI), which is used to calculate annual inflation, therefore remains at ...

Inflation cooled further in August ... Less certain is how big a cut the Fed intends to make, likely a quarter- or half-percentage point. Additional reductions are likely to come later this ...

A slew of Stats NZ data showed food prices rose 0.2 percent in August on July, but the annual rate eased to 0.4 percent.

Inflation eased to new three-year lows, teeing up the Fed to begin gradually reducing interest rates at a meeting next week.