Stock market crashes as inflation spooks investors. Factors dragging equities lower
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US consumer prices rose unexpectedly in August and underlying inflation accelerated amid rising costs for rents and healthcare, giving the Federal Reserve the ammo to deliver a third 75 basis points interest rate hike next Wednesday