The CPI was expected to rise 2.5% on an annual basis last month, according to economists polled by financial data firm ...

The January CPI report showed cooling inflation, a key factor in whether the Federal Reserve resumes interest rate cuts.

Price increases were likely relatively tame in January, with one key measure of inflation expected to drop to its lowest in nearly five years.

Investors got some good news this week on the state of the labor market, and more may be on the way Friday on inflation.

New data on producer price inflation, or PPI, will be released on Friday. And while it’s not the inflation that faces consumers, it impacts decisions companies make about raising prices.

The inflation reading, the lowest since May 2025, shows grocery, gas and rent prices are cooling.

The broad market index ended Friday near the flatline as enthusiasm over a soft consumer inflation report waned.

Here are the key points to know ahead of the release of the consumer-price index, due at 8:30 a.m. ET: Consumer prices likely gained 2.5% in January from a year earlier, according to economists ...

A Friday the 13th economic report appeared to deliver some fortunate news: Annual inflation slowed significantly.