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title: "Import Price Index (YoY): 5.9% · Aug 18, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 18, 2026: actual 5.9%, previous 7.1% · BELOW FORECAST. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              18 Aug 2026, 12:32 UTC



# Import Price Index (YoY): 5.9%




           Actual5.9%
           Previous7.1%

               Surprise
               -2.40σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BULLISH


            Import Price Index (YoY) — Actual 5.9%, prev 7.1%. BELOW FORECAST · -2.4σ. Bonds BULLISH · Equities BULLISH.






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