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The U.S. headline CPI rose 3.4% year-on-year in August, meeting market expectations, while core CPI rose 0.3% month-on-month, exceeding expectations by 0.1 percentage points. In the same period, PPI rose 5.4% year-on-year, with diesel prices alone surging by 24.1%, as energy prices continue to provide support for inflation.