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[Consumer Price Index August 2025] looking at the major categories for the CPI report for August 2025, it appears to average 2.9% for all categories with a growth average of 0.4%.  “Food” stood at 3.2%, “Energy” showed the least growth and stood at 0.2%, and “All Items Less Food And Energy” clocked in at 3.1%.

[Japan African free trade agreement] Yesterday at the Tokyo International Conference On African Development (TICAD) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba  announced that Japan would engage in a free trade partnership with Africa. To accomplish this, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba  stated that Japan would foster an Economic Zone linking Japan to Africa through the Indian ocean.

[July 2025 Consumer Price Index] There's a lot to be said about July's Consumer Price Index and a lot of it has to do with trends stemming from the labor market. With advancements in Artificial Intelligence and the bullish stance on operational and fiscal efficiency throughout America, the name of the game for the foreseeable future is “spend less to do less”, this combined with inflationary increases and AI, translates into slower hiring,

[Brazil Pix Visa Mastercard] Pix, the Brazilian government's instant payment system is giving  American financial institutions like Visa, Zelle, and MasterCard a run for their money when it comes to processing consumer based digital payments.

[Consumer Price Index June 2025] As a whole June's Consumer Price Index report indicated that the most sectors within the American economy are up. The question is why given all the uncertainty that has been projected by the Trump administration.

[Trump adds 30 percent tariff Mexico EU] Over the weekend (Saturday), American President Donald Trump announced that he was ready to impose 30% tariffs on the goods and products exported from the European Union and southern neighbor Mexico starting on August 1.