On August 12, Coin World reported that consumer prices in the United States rose moderately in July. However, an increase in goods costs due to import tariffs led to a measure of core inflation recording its largest increase in six months. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% month-over-month in July, meeting expectations but down from 0.3% in June. Year-over-year, it increased by 2.7%, which was below expectations and unchanged from June's 2.7%. The core CPI rose 0.3% month-over-month, marking the largest increase since January, and year-over-year it increased by 3.1%, higher than June's 2.9%. As the CPI report was released, concerns grew about the quality of inflation and employment reports. Previously, the U.S. government cut budgets and staffing, leading to the suspension of data collection for some CPI basket items in certain regions nationwide. The Bureau of Labor Statistics completely suspended consumer price index data collection in one city in Nebraska, as well as in Utah and New York, citing the need to match the workload of the survey with the level of resources. Additionally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics suspended data collection for an average of 15% of samples in 72 other regions. This resulted in a temporary reduction of price and rent data used to calculate the CPI, leading the Bureau of Labor Statistics to use estimates to fill in the missing information.