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US inflation slows to 6.4%, but price pressures re-emerge
The pace of consumer price increases eased again in January compared with a year earlier, the latest sign that the high inflation that has gripped Americans for nearly two years is slowly easing.
US inflation report may show further slowing of price spikes
A high-profile report on inflation to be released Tuesday morning could show another month of cooling prices and add to evidence that the pressures on American households are gradually easing.
Little sign of relief expected in October US inflation data
The nation’s punishing inflation rate likely kept simmering in October, giving the Federal Reserve little cause to ease up in its drive to slow price increases by steadily raising interest rates.
Markets shudder on dashed inflation hopes; Dow falls 1,250
Stocks tumbled to their worst day in more than two years Tuesday, knocking the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 1,250 points, following Wall Street’s humbling realization that inflation is not slowing as much as hoped.
EXPLAINER: Why US inflation is so high, and when it may ease
Inflation’s relentless surge didn’t merely persist in June. It accelerated.For the 12 months ending in June, the government’s consumer price index rocketed 9.1%, the fastest year-over-year jump since 1981.
