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<p>Roki Sasaki of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in the ninth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Oct. 17. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images)</p>

<p>Last winter, coming off a World Series title, the Los Angeles Dodgers spent the offseason bulletproofing their roster at every position — using their financial might to sign a two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, Blake Snell, and the franchise's attractiveness to land Roki Sasaki, one of Japan's most promising young pitchers.</p>

<p>But by late summer, injuries had whittled down a pitching staff once seen as perhaps baseball's deepest. From Mookie Betts to Freddie Freeman and Shohei Ohtani, their biggest hitters had taken turns slumping. And when they did produce runs, their bullpen often couldn't protect a lead. After taking a nine-game lead in their division on July 3, the Dodgers, with their league-high $416 million payroll, promptly lost seven straight games.</p>

<p>As late as Aug. 24, the Dodgers' record was only fourth best in the National League. Along with the New York Yankees and Mets, Los Angeles formed a triumvirate of high-priced rosters that had underwhelmed as the season's final month began.</p>

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<p>Fast-forward to Friday. The Dodgers not only made Game 1 of the World Series, but they have also done so amid one of the most dominant postseason runs in MLB history — entering their matchup against American League champion Toronto with a 9-1 postseason record, including five straight wins in which Los Angeles has allowed five total runs.</p>

<p>Only the 1999 Yankees and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have suffered just one loss en route to winning a World Series in the past 30 years, since MLB created the wild card. And only two other teams, the 1998 Yankees and the 2022 Houston Astros, have won a title with two playoff losses.</p>

<p>Manager Dave Roberts said Thursday that he believes this Dodgers team is better than last year's.</p>

<p>"Shohei's healthy," Roberts said. "The starting staff is in much better shape. Position player-wise we're healthy. So, yeah, I do."</p>

<p>It is better for all the reasons many expected when the season began — a mixture of elite pitching and hitting, with what Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider called three likely future Hall of Fame players at the top of their lineup in Betts, Freeman and Ohtani.</p>

<p>Ohtani closed out the National League Championships Series with a game hailed as perhaps the greatest in baseball history, hitting three home runs and striking out 10 on the mound.</p>

<p>Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani celebrates their win against the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series on Oct. 17. (Brynn Anderson / AP)</p>

<p>Toronto has seen, and beaten, elite talent this postseason, having reached its first World Series since 1993 by outlasting the Yankees' Aaron Judge, who hit 53 home runs, and Seattle and Cal Raleigh, who homered 60 times. However, "you also have to understand," Schneider said Thursday, "that, I think, you look at Game 4 of the NLCS, I think we're talking about a totally different kind of animal here that can do things on the field that not many people can do — with all the respect in the world for Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh."</p>

<p>Yet for all of the Dodgers' talent and payroll investment, it might not have resulted in a World Series run without a key factor no one would have predicted in spring training.</p>

<p>Unable to identify a consistent closer all season, the team in late September took what could be read as either an inspired or a desperate move: It asked Sasaki, its 23-year-old rookie starter who missed virtually the entire summer with a right shoulder injury and had lost his place in the starting rotation, to become a late-game specialist.</p>

<p>"'If you don't want to do it, we understand. There's risk in it,'" Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers' top baseball executive, said of his conversation with Sasaki about the move, per MLB.com. "'But if you want to, we think there's a real pathway for you to help us win a championship.'</p>

<p>"We said we don't want the answer right now, but think about it. Next day, called us and said, 'I'm in.'"</p>

<p>When Sasaki allowed zero runs in his first two relief opportunities in late September, it was a harbinger of a dominant postseason to come. In eight innings across seven playoff games, Sasaki has allowed one earned run, two walks and just three hits.</p>

<p>Sasaki's emergence was just one element of a pitching turnaround that began in mid-August and saved the Dodgers' season. Of the four starters the team envisioned leading its rotation — Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani — all but Yamamoto spent substantial chunks of this season off the mound recovering from injury, forcing the team to rely on 37-year-old Clayton Kershaw, coming off his own injury-filled 2024, for 23 games. It was reminiscent of the 2024 postseason, when the Dodgers were forced to patch together pitching.</p>

<p>Roberts was glad the team was patient in bringing its pitchers back this summer.</p>

<p>Roki Sasaki, right, and Will Smith of the Los Angeles Dodgers after recording the final strikeout against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Oct. 16. (Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images)</p>

<p>"Redlining those guys, pushing those guys, shortening their rehabs to try to win X amount of games wasn't the answer, in our opinion," Roberts said. "So this wasn't by chance. It was a calculated decision. But, yeah, the cost was in the regular season. We just weren't optimal throughout the summer."</p>

<p>All healthy by the postseason's start, the four main starters not only pitched well, but also went unusually deep into games, covering more innings than any other starters in a four-game LCS since 1990, per MLB.com. That reduced the Dodgers' reliance on a fragile bullpen that blew 27 saves — as did Sasaki's surprise role change.</p>

<p>After having allowed 3.95 earned runs and 7.8 hits per nine innings in the regular season, the Dodgers have allowed a 2.45 ERA and 5.5 hits in the postseason. And Dodgers opponents have hit for a postseason-low .173 average. Toronto could provide a much more difficult test; the Blue Jays lead MLB in postseason OPS and slugging percentage and blasted 71 runs in 11 games — 25 more than the Dodgers have scored in 10 games.</p>

<p>Snell told the Los Angeles Times this month that his rocky first season with Los Angeles had been "the hardest year of my career." Now it could end as the sweetest. Five years after he was on a Tampa Bay team that lost to the Dodgers in the World Series, Snell and the rest of a rejuvenated pitching staff could lead Los Angeles to a second straight title.</p>

<p>"I have a chance to win a World Series, the ultimate team goal," " Snell said. "This is probably the biggest start of my career."</p>

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<p>Ole Miss and Missouri are in the middle of a College Football Playoff push, and that can only mean one thing.</p>

<p>Florida has this weekend become the biggest fan of Oklahoma and Vanderbilt, and any other school playing Ole Miss and Missouri hereafter. Because the more the Rebels and Tigers lose, the more their CFP chances fade.</p>

<p>And the easier it is for Florida to poach their coaches.</p>

<p>If Ole Miss and/or Missouri reach the CFP, the odds of Florida hiring away Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss or Eli Drinkwitz from Missouri are decreased because both then prove they can reach the CFP with their respective programs, and both could then demand any financial package (coaching salary and NIL commitment) to stay.</p>

<p>In this age of money ruling all things program building — not historical blueblood status or high school geographic recruiting footprints — anyone can change the course of history with the right coach and a boatload of cash (hello, Indiana).</p>

<p>Meanwhile, back in the world of those competing for something (not those replacing a coach every four years), another significant week of SEC games has arrived. Maybe more important and impactful than last week's mega slate.</p>

<p>On to this week's picks, where it's always the selection (not necessarily predicted winners) in bold.</p>

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<p>Ole Miss (+5.5) at Oklahoma: A difficult spot for an Ole Miss team that did everything right offensively for 50-plus minutes, but couldn't make a play against a leaky Georgia defense when it had to. Oklahoma's offense is better in the throw game than Georgia, and the Sooners' defense is better than Georgia's (really, it is). That doesn't sound like an optimum framework for Ole Miss.</p>

<p>Auburn (+3.5) at Arkansas: There are a few critical things at play here, and at the top of the list is the job security of Auburn coach Hugh Freeze. There's also the unique game between Auburn's stout defense and one of the best offensive minds in the game (interim Hogs coach Bob Petrino), who just so happens to want the Arkansas job and desperately needs a signature win to get it. While I'm not sure Auburn is remotely close to signature anymore, a win here will go a long way in Petrino's push to reclaim the job he once ran into a ditch.</p>

<p>Alabama (-11.5) at South Carolina: Look, I don't want to be the guy that has to say this, but when South Carolina students are protesting to fire first-year offensive coordinator Mike Shula, when uber-talented QB LaNorris Sellers has regressed under Shula, and when South Carolina has gone from trendy CFP pick to on the verge of losing eight games, somebody may be looking a little closer at the open Virginia Tech job. Before it's too late. That and Alabama is beginning to figure out the whole playing on the road thing.</p>

<p>Missouri at Vanderbilt (-2.5): If you're not believing in Vanderbilt now, what will it take? If you're not watching the Commodores control the lines of scrimmage against LSU, or embarrass South Carolina, or lose to Alabama only because of two critical red zone turnovers by QB Diego Pavia, you're not seeing where this is headed. If Missouri can't get chunk plays from QB Beau Pribula in the throw game, it will get out of hand quickly in Nashville.</p>

<p>Texas at Mississippi State (+6.5): Texas is on the verge of becoming the worst preseason No. 1 in the modern era of the sport. The Longhorns are mess offensively; they're 80th in the nation in scoring offense, and are averaging 20 points per SEC game. But it's not all struggling QB Arch Manning. The defense no longer gets consistent stops against quality opponents, and the play calling from Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian looks more odd with each passing week. Then there's Mississippi State: should've beaten Tennessee at home, should've beaten Florida in Gainesville.</p>

<p>Texas A&M (-2.5) at LSU: For those hoping a raucous night crowd at Tiger Stadium and a fast and athletic defense can slow unbeaten Texas A&M's momentum, I give you Week 2 at Notre Dame. A wild crowd, an athletic defense. And the Aggies scored 41. The LSU offense couldn't score 42 points in two SEC games, let alone one that could lead to all kinds of questions about the state of the program under coach Brian Kelly.</p>

<p>Tennessee (-8.5) at Kentucky: The Vols have an outside shot of returning to the CFP, despite last week's ugly loss to Alabama. Tennessee has two critical games against CFP contenders (Oklahoma, Vanderbilt), and both are in Knoxville. It's the winnable road games that can't be ignored: Kentucky and Florida.</p>

<p>Matt Hayes is the senior national college football writer for USA TODAY Sports Network. Follow him on X at @MattHayesCFB.</p>

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<p>For The Vampire Diaries creatives, casting Enzo was a particularly difficult task. Because originally, the role was going to be very different.</p>

<p>"You were supposed to be the third Salvatore brother," executive producer Julie Plec tells star Michael Malarkey in episode 8 of EW's Binge: The Vampire Diaries. Writer Brett Matthews adds, "That was always the plan, and then it went a different direction, but that's why it was so hard to find the person. We thought it was going to be a Salvatore brother, so we cast a very wide net [and] looked very hard." Ultimately, they scrapped that plan and made it so Enzo didn't share Salvatore blood, but he was a brother figure for Damon (Ian Somerhalder) for many years (and he was sired by Lily Salvatore).</p>

<p>But that wasn't the only plan that changed in the writers' room over the years. In discussing the Vampire Diaries' final season, Plec and Matthews recall the final major debate: Which Salvatore were they going to kill in the series finale? "We went back and forth in the writers' room all season long," Plec says. "We finally landed on: We're killing Damon. That's the right thing to do. He is the one with the consequence to pay. Stefan was morally a bit stronger of a character."</p>

<p>Michael Malarkey as Enzo and Ian Somerhalder as Damon on 'The Vampire Diaries'. Annette Brown/The CW; Bob Mahoney/The CW</p>

<p>Matthews adds, "Damon's a fairly obvious choice," noting that the writers really fell in love with the idea of Damon compelling Stefan (Paul Wesley) to let him die. But when executive producer Kevin Williamson proposed that it should be Stefan that dies, they started to rethink their plan. "It felt like dying for Stefan freed him from a lot of weight, whereas it felt like living for Damon freed him to go and be the man that he was always supposed to be," Plec says.</p>

<p>Of course, both Salvatores were meant to die in the original ending Plec and Williamson came up with during the show's second season. In that ending, "The boys would sacrifice themselves to save Elena so that Elena could go and have a life and be human and live," Plec recalls during the podcast. "To save her, they would die together, and that was always the pitch. And then when Nina [Dobrev] left, it felt like the show can't be as much about protecting Elena's happiness, although that's important to us, but we want to protect the bothers' happiness, we want them to get something out of this. Then it shifted to: We can't kill both of them for her because that feels somehow like nobody got what they wanted. Let's find a different way to give one of these brothers the happiness that they need and the other brother the closure that they need."</p>

<p>(One other way Dobrev leaving changed the plan? Plec says, "I thought that by the time we came back to the end of the series, whenever it was, that Elena would've found her way back to Stefan and Damon would've found a different path.")</p>

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"She was really supportive," Eureka tells EW of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 winner on the AHS set, where the AS6 queen adopted Evan Peters as their drag daughter: "That's my baby!"

Eureka reveals Drag Race star Chad Michaels' cut scene on American Horror Story

<p>"She was really supportive," Eureka tells EW of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 winner on the AHS set, where the AS6 queen adopted Evan Peters as their drag daughter: "That's my baby!"</p>

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<p>RuPaul's Drag Race star Eureka was absolutely living for Chad Michaels and Evan Peters on American Horror Story... well, before their character died, that is.</p>

<p>During a recent interview for EW's BINGE podcast, the *All Stars 6 *queen reveals that their fellow Drag Race icon—who appeared on season 4 of the show before winning All Stars 1—filmed scenes with them for American Horror Story: Double Feature's Sept. 8 episode "Blood Buffet," which were ultimately cut from the broadcast.</p>

<p>"Chad Michaels was there, she introduced Evan Peters' character, Patty O'Furniture, on stage. She was actually the host of the show! I was shocked they cut her right out!" Eureka recalls of filming an episode that follows Peters as a struggling performer who's turned into a blood-sucker at the hands of romance novelist Belle Noir, played by Frances Conroy. (FX did not respond to EW's request for confirmation on scenes that were cut from the installment, but Chad also posted about being on the show on Instagram.)</p>

<p>Eureka appears as Crystal DeCanter, a local matriarchal queen whose commitment to excellence puts their Provincetown peers to shame. And they remember Chad as being "really supportive" on set throughout production. "She was like, 'Girl, you're doing it, I'm so proud of you.' She's like the original mama, honey, to all the girls.... she takes care of all the girls, she's watching out."</p>

<p>The* We're Here *star says that, while they didn't put Peters in full drag for their scenes together, they did "give him some advice" on the art form.</p>

<p>"[It was] more like loving advice, because you know that's my baby!" Eureka says. "I call her my drag daughter now! We had a good time." The queen adds they also got to run lines with Conroy before filming, saying, "It was magic just getting to be in the same room."</p>

<p>The moment particularly resonated with Eureka after they landed in the middle of the pack during AS6's RuMerican Horror Story satirical acting challenge earlier this year.</p>

<p>Evan Peters and Eureka in drag on 'American Horror Story.'. FX on Hulu (2)</p>

<p>"I felt like I got to redeem myself because I love to act, I want people to take me as an actor and take it as seriously as I do. It's one of my favorite things to do in the world," Eureka says, finishing with optimism for the future: "I died in the RuMerican Horror Story, I died in American Horror Story, I hope I stay alive though, honey!"</p>

<p>American Horror Story airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FX. Watch a clip from the* EW's BINGE* podcast video on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 at the top of this article, and listen to the full audio version in the embed above.</p>

<p>'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6' reunion with Kylie Sonique Love, Eureka, Ra'Jah O'Hara, and Ginger Minj on EW's BINGE podcast.</p>

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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 top 4 reunion reveals which epic moment 'was not a joke'

<p>EW's BINGE podcast reunites AS6 queens Kylie Sonique Love, Ra'Jah O'Hara, Ginger Minj, and Eureka to recap Silky's smackdown, Kylie's lip-sync recovery, and Yara's dramatic exit.</p>

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<p>Recorded on the fly — literally, as reigning queen Kylie Sonique Love rushed through an airport — EW's *RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 *reunion is hereby dubbed The Sisterhood of the Traveling Sisterhood. The AS6 top four gathered together for a special video episode of EW's BINGE podcast (above) for the first time since September's finale, and they're spilling all the tea on the wildest, funniest, shadiest happenings that made theirs one of the best seasons in Drag Race her-story — including Yara Sofia's incredible "F--- you all!" exit line.</p>

<p>"It was not a joke.... Just a fact! She meant it, and she looked each one of us dead in our eyes and said it!" Ginger Minj explains with a laugh. Eureka says it all felt "serious" in the moment, but they can all look back on it now and laugh: "That's the merch I want Yara to make, honey! Get me a shirt with Yara on it that says 'F--- you all,' I would wear it!"</p>

<p>Ra'Jah O'Hara also reveals that she spent only $600 on runway outfits for the entire competition — including her challenge-winning performance in the Blue Ball and her incredible eyeball couture — which she feels redeemed her standing in the eyes of the judges and the fans since season 11. There is, however, one AS6 moment she apologizes for: the infamous lip-sync against Kameron Michaels to Charli XCX's "Boom Clap."</p>

<p>"I was a little bit nervous to watch it because I knew what I was giving in the moment, and I knew it wasn't impressive, so I wasn't expecting it to be one of those drop-dead, Ra'Jah standout moments. I was not prepared, I didn't think I was going to win the challenge, so I didn't prepare and learn the song all the way," she says. "Me winning that challenge was an absolute shock, and then having to perform that song, especially in front of Charli XCX, I wish I would've prepared a little bit more, because I know how dynamic of a performer that I am, so that wasn't my best and I do apologize to Charli, but that's the way it happened!"</p>

<p>'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6' reunion with Kylie Sonique Love, Eureka, Ra'Jah O'Hara, and Ginger Minj on EW's BINGE podcast.</p>

<p>**Other highlights from this episode include: **</p>

<p>- The group reflects on the truth behind Eureka's missing finger from the All Stars 6 promo</p>

<p>- Ra'Jah breaks down her $600 dress budget for the entire season</p>

<p>- Ginger explains why she voted for her friend, Jiggly Caliente, to leave the competition (and confirms whether or not she gave her that Disney World trip Jiggly hilariously requested after the show)</p>

<p>- Ra'Jah discusses the bond between her season 11 sisters, and gets emotional recalling Silky Nutmeg Ganache's redemption in the eyes of the fans</p>

<p>- Eureka spills tea on their American Horror Story guest role (and dishes on season 4 finalist Chad Michaels' cut scene)</p>

<p>- The group remembers watching the Lip-Sync Smackdown episode with cocktails in hand</p>

<p>- Eureka savors their platonic relationship with Trinity K. Bonet</p>

<p>- Ra'Jah confirms that Kylie gave her a Miley Cyrus-inspired outfit to wear during the finale music video shoot</p>

<p>- Kylie explains what was going through her mind during her incredible lip-sync tumble during the finale</p>

<p>- Kylie sounds off on people trying to keep women from doing drag</p>

<p>EW's BINGE podcast recap of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 is available now wherever you listen to podcasts. Listen to the episode audio above, and watch the video reunion with Kylie, Ginger, Eureka, and Ra'Jah at the top of this post.</p>

<p>Subscribe to EW's BINGE podcast* for full recaps of RuPaul's Drag Race, including our new season diving into all five All Stars seasons, featuring exclusive interviews with Jujubee, Alexis Mateo, Shea Couleé, Alaska, Detox, BenDeLaCreme, Kennedy Davenport, and more. And be sure to catch up on our BINGE recaps of RuPaul's Drag Race seasons 1-13 with Symone, Jaida Essence Hall, Trixie Mattel, Katya, Peppermint, Bianca Del Rio, Bob the Drag Queen, Sasha Velour, and more!*</p>

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<p>By Jessica DiNapoli and Juveria TabassumOctober 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM</p>

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<p>Tide detergent, a brand owned by Procter & Gamble, is seen for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo</p>

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<p>(Reuters) -Procter & Gamble on Friday beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue and profit, helped by strong demand for its beauty and hair-care products amid higher prices and a broader slowdown in spending due to economic uncertainties.</p>

<p>The Tide maker, a bellwether for the global consumer goods industry, reduced its annual tariff cost estimate to about $400 million after tax, from about $800 million forecast in July, largely on Canada lifting retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.</p>

<p>However, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday terminated all trade talks with Canada. The Canadian government had no immediate comment.</p>

<p>P&G CFO Andre Schulten said on a media call that "beyond the headlines, we have no information that would have any impact on how we view our tariff exposure at this point in time."</p>

<p>The company's shares were up about 4% in premarket trading. They have fallen about 9% so far this year.</p>

<p>The results from P&G, whose CEO Jon Moeller will be replaced by another company veteran Shailesh Jejurikar on January 1, echo those from rival and Dove parent Unilever, which on Thursday disclosed double-digit sales growth from beauty brands in the U.S.</p>

<p>P&G has raised some prices in the U.S. to help mitigate the impact from tariffs, with the Cincinnati-based company banking on demand for its portfolio of products such as Dawn dish soap and Pampers diapers at a time when discretionary spending remains muted.</p>

<p>It lowered prices in Canada after retaliatory tariffs were canceled.</p>

<p>Despite the price hikes, the company's operating margins fell 50 basis points from a year earlier.</p>

<p>The company is also turning to its fine-tuned strategy of introducing improved products at higher prices, with sales growing in the grooming segment, helped by pricing and volumes.</p>

<p>Sales volumes in the beauty segment, which houses brands such as Pantene shampoo and the Olay brand, rose 4% in the three months ended September, compared with a 1% increase in the prior quarter. Prices in the business were up by about 1% sequentially.</p>

<p>A P&G spokesperson said while underlying market conditions in China were still challenging, with a low level of consumer confidence, the company still managed to report double-digit growth in categories such as baby care, helped by demand for its premium Bum Bum diapers in the country.</p>

<p>Still, overall volumes across the company remained flat as consumers, particularly from lower-income households, have continued to stretch their budgets as higher-priced items hit store shelves.</p>

<p>The results kept the company on track to deliver within its annual targets, which it retained on Friday, "in a challenging consumer and geopolitical environment," Moeller said in a statement.</p>

<p>The company's quarterly revenue grew 3% to $22.39 billion, edging past estimates of a 2% growth to $22.17 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.</p>

<p>Gross margins fell for the third straight quarter, but core earnings per share of $1.99 beat estimates by 9 cents, as higher prices helped offset pressures from the tariffs.</p>

<p>A volatile spending environment globally has also forced the company to pull out of some product segments in certain markets.</p>

<p>The company was exiting the laundry bars business in India and the Philippines, and has closed manufacturing to shift to a distribution model in Pakistan, a company spokesperson told Reuters.</p>

<p>(Reporting by Juveria Tabassum in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)</p>

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<p>Inflation held stubbornly around 3% in September, government data showed Friday, but came in slightly cooler than analysts expected across the board as investors continue to assess the Federal Reserve's path toward its 2% target.</p>

<p>The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3% year over year in September, up from 2.9% in August but slightly below economists' expectations for a 3.1% increase. That marks the highest reading since May and remains above the 12-month average of 2.7%.</p>

<p>Month over month, prices rose 0.3%, below August's 0.4% rise and also lower than economists' expectations of a 0.4% monthly gain. The rise was driven in part by higher gasoline prices, which climbed 4.1% in September. Still, the year-over-year picture looks more moderate: Gasoline prices were down 0.5% from a year ago, while the broader energy commodities index slipped 0.4%.</p>

<p>"Core" inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy costs, rose 3% year over year in September, down from 3.1% in August and below economists' expectations. On a monthly basis, core prices increased 0.2%, easing from August's 0.3% gain, which was the strongest monthly rise in six months.</p>

<p>A person shops at a grocery store in Schaumburg, Ill., on Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ()</p>

<p>Friday's report was delayed by the ongoing government shutdown, now the second-longest shutdown in US history, with no end in sight. It marks the first major piece of federal economic data since the shutdown began.</p>

<p>RSM chief economist Joe Brusuelas called the report "a market positive story," noting, "it's looking better than what we initially expected." But he cautioned that data quality could deteriorate in the months ahead as the shutdown drags on.</p>

<p>"Remember this is likely to be the last solid quality report we get until probably early next spring because of the government shutdown," Brusuelas told Yahoo Finance. "The BLS is going to be imputing or rather guessing at a lot of the estimates that they're making... this in many respects is the last hard data that I'm going to trust probably until early next spring."</p>

<p>He added that inflation, while moderating for now, remains above target.</p>

<p>"Make no mistake about it — inflation's at 3% and it's likely to accelerate higher. It's well above the Fed's 2% rate, and the Fed's got a lot of heavy lifting to do. It's going to be probably a number of years, if ever, before we get back to 2%."</p>

<p>Despite still-stubborn prices in September, markets continue to expect the Fed will deliver a quarter-point cut at next week's policy meeting, according to the CME FedWatch tool.</p>

<p>Read more: How to protect your savings against inflation</p>

<p>Some signs of moderation</p>

<p>While the overall report showed inflation pressures easing, the details painted a mixed picture across key categories.</p>

<p>Food prices continued to edge higher, up 0.2% in September from the previous month, but have shown signs of moderating from earlier in the year.</p>

<p>Housing inflation also cooled further. The shelter index rose 0.2% after a 0.4% rise in August. Owners' equivalent rent, the hypothetical rent homeowners would pay for their own homes, climbed just 0.1%, the smallest monthly gain since early 2021.</p>

<p>Medical services posted a mild 0.2% increase after declining in August, while apparel prices rose 0.7%, signaling that tariff pass-through is starting to show up in categories like clothing and household furnishings, which climbed 0.4% last month.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, some relief came from auto-related costs. The motor vehicle insurance index fell 0.4% in September after being unchanged the prior month, offering a small break in one of the stickier service categories this year.</p>

<p>"Today's CPI report confirms inflation's slow, but steady descent," BlackRock chief investment and portfolio strategist Gargi Chaudhuri said. "Goods prices are firming again amid tariff pressures, but softer shelter and services readings show progress where it matters most. The disinflation trend is intact, keeping the Fed on course for a rate cut next week."</p>

<p>Allie Canal is a Senior Reporter at Yahoo Finance. Follow her on X @allie_canal, LinkedIn, and email her at [email protected].</p>

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