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Federal Reserve Chairperson Powell warns against over-interpreting CPI data

Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell on Wednesday warned against reading too much into data showing the largest month-on-month increase in the consumer price index (CPI) in more than a year, while acknowledging that the reading was significantly higher than expected. "The CPI reading is higher than almost all forecasts, but I just want to remind you of two things," Powell told the House Financial Services Committee hearing. "First, we're not going to get excited about one or two good readin...

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2025-02-13 04:31:19