🌅 Good morning, RootBadger. Saturday brings a clear look at the latest inflation numbers, followed by one early-fall home task that is easier to handle before the cold arrives.
🗞️ Reuters morning read: U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in August and were 3.4% higher than a year earlier. Reuters reports that a 3.9% monthly increase in gasoline accounted for more than a third of the overall rise, while firmer underlying inflation strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates at next week's meeting.
Read more: Reuters — US consumer prices accelerate in August, push Fed closer to rate hike
🏠 Useful this morning: If your home has a furnace or heat pump, check the filter and put a pre-season service visit on the calendar now. ENERGY STAR recommends checking filters monthly and scheduling heating-system maintenance in fall, before contractors get busy and a small problem becomes a cold-weather repair.
Source: ENERGY STAR — Heating and cooling maintenance checklist
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