The Consumer Price Index report for January is expected to show broadly unchanged annual inflation according to nowcasts. That may be broadly good news for the Fed.
Inflation is proving stickier than expected, which could cause Fed to hit pause button on more interest rate cuts.
After a two-day meeting of its monetary policy committee in Washington, the Fed announced it would hold its rate target at 4.25% to 4.50%.
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, but a measure of underlying inflation was more encouraging.
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With inflation accelerating again, and the labor market on reasonably solid footing, the Fed pivoted back to wait-and-see. Read more here.
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