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Trader Robert Charmak works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Options traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading Wednesday after a report said inflation was a touch worse last month than economists expected. Yields in the bond market , home to some of Wall Street’s biggest recent worries, edged higher following the data.
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That was the same rate of inflation as in June and slightly worse than the 3.6% that economists expected, according to FactSet.
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