📊 The equity markets cheered today’s inflation report — but should they? On this episode of Markets with Megan, Megan Horneman breaks down the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge (core PCE), the latest personal income and spending data, and why consumer behavior may not be sustainable. Inflation has now been climbing for four consecutive months, sitting at a sticky 2.9% year-over-year. Meanwhile, spending continues to outpace income, driving the savings rate to its lowest level this year.

What does this mean for rate cuts, market complacency, and your financial outlook? 

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