Shutdown halts US data ahead of the Fed meeting, leaving Friday’s rare CPI release to determine the next interest rate cut.

The BLS halted all collection processing, and publication of economic indicators when the shutdown started. The Fed’s job ...

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. January CPI data was broadly encouraging, but may not be enough to change the Fed's plans to hike rates at future meetings. Photographer: Valerie ...

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Traders and economists are projecting both headline and core (ex-food and -energy) CPI to come in at 3.1% y/y. This reading, if seen, would mark a rise in headline inflation from last month’s 2.9% ...