US CPI in Focus as Investors Weigh Fed’s January Rate Outlook

The United States (US) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will publish the all-important Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for November on Thursday at 13:30 GMT.   The inflation report will not include CPI figures for October and will not offer monthly CPI prints for November due to a lack of data collection during the government shutdown. Hence, investors will scrutinize the annual CPI and core CPI prints to assess how inflation dynamics could influence the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) policy outlook.   What to expect in the next CPI data report?  As measured by the change in the CPI, inflation in the US is expected to rise at an annual rate of 3 source: https://beincrypto.com/us-cpi-focus-weigh-feds-january-rate-outlook/