Bidding au revoir to 3-month core inflation crowd ... Waller: “Looking at the history of 12-month core inflation, it has been between roughly 2.5 percent and 3.0 percent since the spring of 2024. This is obviously higher than we want, above our target, and not showing sufficient progress.”

Good to meet AU Chairman and Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye (@GeneralNeva) to discuss the AU's critical role in creating a prosperous and peaceful Africa. We also discussed cooperation between the United States and Burundi and ways to strengthen our bilateral partnership.

“Driving through Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, the city has the feeling of a war zone. That is because it is one," writes CFR expert Sam Vigersky. In the past 5 years, gang-related violence in Haiti has reached a new level. Armed gangs have set fire to entire neighborhoods, destroying large sections of Port-au-Prince. The violence has displaced nearly 1.5 million people within the country. Up to 350,000 Haitians in the U.S. now face deportation after the Trump administration stated in June 2025 that conditions in Haiti have “improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home.” Vigersky visited Port-au-Prince to see the situation firsthand: