US Core CPI m/m

Latest

Apr 10 2025, 5:30pm

Actual0.1%

Upcoming

May 13 2025, 5:30pm

Forecast0.3%

Consumer prices account for a majority of overall inflation. Inflation is important to currency valuation because rising prices lead the central bank to raise interest rates out of respect for their inflation containment mandate;

Food and energy prices account for about a quarter of CPI, but they tend to be very volatile and distort the underlying trend. The Federal Open Market Committee usually pays more attention to the Core data - so do traders;
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