mufg us macro strategy inflation update august 2026 cpi preview
MUFG forecasts August 2026 US headline CPI at 0.32% MoM (3.3% YoY) and core CPI at 0.23% MoM (2.4% YoY), matching the Bloomberg median consensus. The team assigns roughly 50% probability to a 0.2% core print, 30% to 0.3% and 20% to 0.1%. A 0.2% core outcome…