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Today we are looking at those CPI numbers and potential for more tech layoffs.

I'm Deedra Willard sitting in for Chris Hill and I'm joined by Motley Fool's Senior

Analyst Tim Byers.

Hey Tim, how are you today?

I'm well Deedra, how about you?

Doing well, little hot here in the Alexandria area, but hanging in.

Yeah, it's hot all around the world here.

But you know, I got my caffeine.

The wake up juice is warm, which means I'm ready to go.

Speaking of things that are warm, yeah, inflation.

So numbers came out and the annual rate of inflation according to the Consumer Price Index

is a hold and tight at 8.5%.

So good news unchanged from July, mostly because the gasoline index fell while the cost

for food and shelter rose.

So it's kind of this mixed bag, but the thing that keeps coming back to is the high price

of food.

So the food index has increased 10.9% over last year, which is the largest price increase

since May 1979.

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