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title: "Import Price Index (MoM): -0.4% · Aug 18, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 18, 2026: actual -0.4%, forecast 0.1%, previous 0.3% · BELOW FORECAST. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              18 Aug 2026, 12:30 UTC



# Import Price Index (MoM): -0.4%




           Actual-0.4%
           Forecast0.1%
           Previous0.3%

               Surprise
               -1.67σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BULLISH


            Import Price Index (MoM) — Actual -0.4%, forecast 0.1%, prev 0.3%. BELOW FORECAST · -1.7σ. Bonds BULLISH · Equities BULLISH.






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