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19 companies have released results in August; these are the insights across employment, labour costs, financing conditions, and consumers.

Tech prices having swung from consistently falling over recent decades to posting large gains, although non-tech inflation is also high.

Everyone is searching for the catalyst that ends the bull market. Bell Potter's Rob Crookston doesn't think it will be Fed rate hikes.

Upside risks to global inflation from the energy shock have abated, but US inflation is still too high, pointing to higher interest rates.

The Fed now narrowly expects one rate hike this year. Policy rules point to a peak in the funds rate of about 4½% (previously around 4%).

The outlook for banks is getting tougher but real estate could get stronger as rate hikes hit a pause.

Analysis suggests there is merit to Warsh arguing that trimmed mean inflation is better than the traditional core PCE series.

Does "sell in May" still hold? Plus, broker calls on stocks including RMD, FMG and BOE.

Warsh has pointed to a less commonly-used measure of inflation that is close to the Fed's target.

Core inflation remained strong ahead the spike in energy prices. The Fed will talk tough on inflation risks as it shifts to a neutral bias.