The January CPI report showed cooling inflation, a key factor in whether the Federal Reserve resumes interest rate cuts.

The inflation reading, the lowest since May 2025, shows grocery, gas and rent prices are cooling.

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A debate is brewing about whether the rate of inflation really slowed in January. A key linchpin in the debate is the recent government shutdown. Since the government was closed in October and half of ...

The story in January 2026 is that the waters remain muddied by the government-shutdown-induced gap. The current y/y figures are all flattered by that event, and exaggerate how good the inflation ...

Measured year over year, CPI inflation in November was up by 2.7 percent, falling from September’s YoY increase of 3.0 percent. Year over year, the core CPI also slowed to 2.6 percent in November, ...

Gold prices rose 0.8% to $4,990/oz Friday before US January CPI data release. Middle East tensions and Fed rate policy expectations drove precious metals higher.

Just when we thought it was safe to return to the supermarket aisle, it seems inflation has come back to bite us again. Worse, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) predicts it will linger for longer ...

With “supercore” inflation, excluding fresh food and energy, still strong at 2.6 per cent, we think the Bank of Japan remains on course to deliver its next rate increase in April.