📊 CPI WATCH — Markets Bracing for Inflation Signals

🔍 Today’s focus: The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data is due / just out, and markets are reacting sharply.

📈 Headline CPI: Inflation still running above trend — consumers are paying more for everyday goods.

📉 Core CPI: Stripping out food & energy, prices continue to show stickiness that keeps policymakers alert.

📆 Month-over-Month Change: Small but persistent increases signal that price pressures aren’t vanishing.

💡 Why it matters:

• Interest rates: Strong CPI figures keep pressure on central banks to stay hawkish.

• Markets: Stocks, bonds, and FX are pricing in renewed rate expectations.

• Consumers: Wage growth vs. cost of living remains the key story driving sentiment.

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