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June 2025 CPI: Inflation Quickens as Tariffs Push Up Goods Prices and Test Fed Patience

June 2025 CPI: Inflation Quickens as Tariffs Push Up Goods Prices and Test Fed Patience

12 Sep 2025

Inflation picked up in June, rising 0.3% on the month and 2.7% year over year—the fastest pace since February—as tariffs began filtering into consumer prices. Food and restaurant prices climbed, while energy and vehicle prices eased. Economists expect tariff impacts to peak late 2025. Markets now see slim odds of an immediate Fed cut, with a better chance in September if monthly price gains cool.

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C-SPAN arrives on YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV, boosting access and easing financial strain

C-SPAN arrives on YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV, boosting access and easing financial strain

5 Sep 2025

YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV will carry C-SPAN’s three networks starting this fall, a move praised by Rep. Mike Flood as a win for transparency. The streamers will pay the same 87 cents per subscriber per year that cable and satellite providers do. The deal helps stabilize C-SPAN after revenue fell from $64M in 2019 to $45.4M in 2023 amid cord-cutting. A congressional resolution had urged Alphabet and Disney to add the channel.

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