#BinanceSafetyInsights Attention to the economic news from the United States: It turns out that in the month of March, the prices of things that people buy in their daily lives (like food, clothing, gasoline, etc.) fell more than experts expected. This is measured with an indicator called CPI, and it dropped to 2.4%.
This news is important because the Federal Reserve (also known as the Fed, which is like the central bank of the U.S.) is very attentive to how prices rise or fall. If prices rise a lot (high inflation), the Fed may decide to raise interest rates to try to prevent people from spending too much, thereby controlling prices.
But now that prices have fallen more than expected, people are starting to think that maybe the Fed won’t need to keep interest rates so high, and it could even lower them in the future.
And why could this be relevant for the world of cryptocurrencies? Well, when interest rates are low, sometimes people look for other ways to invest their money that can give them more returns than leaving it in the bank. Some believe that this could make more people interested in investing in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum.
However, there are also those who think that this news does not necessarily mean that cryptocurrencies will rise, as there are many other factors that influence their price. That’s why the question many are asking is whether this decrease in the CPI is good or bad news for cryptocurrencies. The debate is open! 😉