People watch the ABC News presidential debate between Democratic nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republican nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at a watch party at The Abbey, a historic gay bar in West Hollywood, Calif. The economy will remain central to both campaigns even as inflation cools and wages increase. MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES
BY CASEY QUINLANStates Newsroom Inflation hit a three-year low last month, just as the presidential election is heating up. But the high cost of housing…