Inflation can still shake markets out of their peak Goldilocks vibe

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Over the summer, a certain familiar fairy tale kept cropping up in financial markets: Goldilocks. 

Key economic data releases were neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, like the porridge sampled in the story by the plucky young eponymous hero. Jobs and inflation figures were bright enough to suggest the US…