(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) MANHATTAN (CN) — Wall Street investors treaded lightly this week, as inflation data all but guarantees a rate cut next week but calls into question the Federal Reserve’s ...

The consumer price index increased 2.7% in November 2024 ... inflation, economists said. Egg prices jumped about 8% in the month alone and are up 38% over the past year, according to CPI data.

Inflation sped up last month, but the details suggested cooling ahead. Next week, the Fed will make its final rate decision for 2024. A chart showing inflation, which was up 2.7 percent for the ...

The Consumer Price Index for December 2024 ... annual inflation. However, core inflation which removes food and energy is forecast to remain flat at 3.3% compared to November. Nowcast data ...

"Gold is higher on the back of the premise that CPI data coming in benign or certainly in line with expectations, inflation not rising ... after a jittery close to 2024, while the U.S. dollar ...