A rate increase at the central bank’s September meeting has become “very unlikely” due to softer retail sales data Market bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are still too aggressive given that inflation in the world’s biggest economy is cooling, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• A rate increase at the central bank’s September meeting has become “very unlikely” due to softer retail sales dataS1

• Market bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are still too aggressive given that inflation in the world’s biggest economy is cooling, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.S2S3