Most surveyed institutions expect US August seasonally adjusted core CPI m/m at
+0.2% (prior 0.2%, consensus 0.2%). Respondents at +0.2% include Citi, Barclays,
Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, BofA, J.P. Morgan, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank,
Wells Fargo, HSBC, Nomura, ING, Societe Generale, Banco Santander, Standard
Chartered, TD Securities, PNC and others. A smaller group — Scotiabank,
DekaBank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and DZ Bank — forecast +0.3% m/m.