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Car dealers are walking a tight rope

Marketplace All-in-One

Marketplace

News, Business

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Car dealerships always feel the fluctuations of inflation, gas prices, and interest rates. Now, tariffs are added to the mix, hitting their bottom lines at a time when consumers are wary about the future of the economy. In an industry that already contends with relatively slim margins, we'll hear how car sellers are faring. But first, we'll delve into the Federal Reserve's dilemma: worry more about the job market or price increases?

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1:00.9

The Federal Reserve's dilemma. Worry more about jobs or prices. From Marketplace, I'm Novosafo,

1:08.3

in for David Brancaccio. The Federal Reserve's mandate is twofold.

1:12.4

Keep prices stable while maximizing employment. Last week, we learned inflation in July was

1:17.7

relatively steady. The Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the PCE price index, came in as expected,

1:24.2

holding at a 2.6% annual gain, higher than the Fed wants, but still not terrible.

1:30.4

Later this week, we'll get the latest read on the labor market. After the last report

1:34.5

showed major revisions downward in the amount of jobs created over the last several months.

1:39.7

So, what does the Fed do when it meets later this month? Marketplaces Mitchell Hartman has more.

1:46.4

The most recent jobs report showed mediocre job creation in July, while revisions showed barely any jobs at it in May and June.

1:55.2

Larry Tantarelli at Blue Chip Daily Trend Report says that really got the Fed's attention.

2:00.1

It seems like their view is that the labor market is weakening, and that is a bigger near-term

2:07.6

concern than the inflation issue.

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