A fresh report on consumer sentiment on Friday will show how shoppers digested a cascade of economic developments this month, including President Donald Trump's firing of a top labor statistics official hours after the release of weak jobs data . The report, which details shopper attitudes in August, is set to arrive days after an inflation reading came in lower than economists had expected, offering a respite for consumers wary of significant tariff-induced price hikes. The period covered by the report also coincides with the onset of sweeping new tariffs , which significantly expanded the reach of Trump's confrontational trade policy. Economists expect consumer sentiment to have improved slightly in August, which would extend two previous months of brightening shopper attitudes. Before t

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