- Consumer prices rose a modest 0.1% from June to July, according to the latest CPI.
- NBC's Christine Romans and Investopedia's Caleb Silver say the change is small compared with recent months' readings.
- Good small-talk: ask whether friends or family have noticed price changes at the grocery store, gas pump or on monthly bills.
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