Stocks recently featured in the blog include: H&R Block Inc. HRB, Chemed Corp. CHE, Suncor Energy Inc. SU, Open Text Corp. OTEX and Essent Group Ltd. ESNT. The central bank has decided to pursue aggressive monetary stances of a rigorous interest rate hike and reduction in the size of its balance sheet to combat high inflation. The consumer price index (CPI) for July dropped to 8.5% from 9.1% in June and came in below the consensus estimate of 8.7%.