(NEW YORK) — 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 mo

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