(FILES) People shop at a grocery store on August 14, 2024 in Rosemead, California. UThe headline rate of US consumer inflation eased more than expected last month, according to government data published on September 11, 2024, bolstering expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week. A rate cut by the independent US central bank would act to boost demand in the world's largest economy. That would give the Democratic party some good economic news to run on going into the final stretch of the 2024 presidential elections. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)